


Bowfin
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-287 |
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Bowfin Operational Timeline
11 Mar 1944 | US submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sank the Japanese army cargo ship Tsukikawa Maru, off Halmahera Island in Dutch East Indies, hitting her with all four of four torpedoes fired. Bowfin continued to attack the Asaka Maru, which had arrived to rescue Tsukikawa Maru's survivors, with four torpedoes, all of which missed. The Japanese minelayer Wakatake and army aircraft carried out ineffective counterattacks on the American submarine. |
22 Aug 1944 | American submarine USS Bowfin attacked Japanese convoy Namo 103 and sank passenger ship Tsushima Maru near the island of Akusekijima. 2,251 aboard were killed, including 767 children; most of those killed were civilian evacuees from Okinawa. |
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