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USS Bonefish (SS-223)

Patrol 1

16 Sep 1943 - 21 Oct 1943

鹿島丸 Kashima Maru

帝美丸 Tebi Maru

五十鈴川丸 Isuzugawa Maru

Patrol 2

22 Nov 1943- 19 Dec 1943

すゑず丸 Suez Maru

日遼丸 Nichiryo Maru

Patrol 3

12 Jan 1944 -15 Mar 1944

Unitentified schooner - Small vessel sunk by gunfire; not credited to Bonefish in JANAC

Patrol 4

13 Apr 1944- 30 May 1944

Tokiwa Maru

電 Inazuma

Patrol 5

25 Jun 1944 -13 Aug 1944

Ryutetsu Maru - Small vessel sunk by gunfire; not credited to Bonefish in JANAC

龍栄丸 Ryuei Maru - Small vessel sunk by gunfire; not credited to Bonefish in JANAC

Moji Maru - Small vessel sunk by gunfire; not credited to Bonefish in JANAC

Tatsu Maru No. 3 - Small vessel sunk by gunfire; not credited to Bonefish in JANAC

国洋丸 Kokuyo Maru

Patrol 6

5 Sep 1944- 8 Nov 1944

安城丸 Anjo Maru

伏見丸 Fushimi Maru

Patrol 7

20 Mar 1945-7 May 1945

No Sinkings

Patrol 8

28 May 1945-18 Jun 1945 Bonefish lost

牡鹿山丸 Ojikasan Maru

坤山丸 Konzan Maru

Totals

12 ships totalling 61,419 tons, plus 4 small ships totalling 489 tons not credited to Bonefish in JANAC. These figures are the same for Alden-McDonald.

JANAC - 12 ships totalling 61,345 tons.

SORG credits Bonefish with 28 ships and 154,300 tons sunk, plus 1 schooner of unknown tonnage.

Sources

Japanese Naval and Merchant Ship Losses - JANAC on the NHHC website

JANAC on the Hyperwar website - https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-6.html

SORG- http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/subreports-sorg.htm (Excel spreadsheet download)

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

War Patrol Reports - USS Bullhead

Monthly Losses of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels

太平洋戦争時の喪失船舶明細表(汽船主体)- Lost Vessel table during the Pacific War (merchant vessels)

Alden, John D., and McDonald, Craig R. - U.S. & Allied Sub Successes in the Pacific & Far East during WWII - Fourth Edition, 2009

Cressman, Robert - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 2000.

Wrecksite - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wrecksite.aspx

Miramar Ship Index - https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/

Imperial Japanese Navy Page - http://www.combinedfleet.com/

Wikipedia Japan - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - National Archives of Japan - https://www.jacar.go.jp/index.html

Photo Sources

Official U.S. Navy Photos - Naval History & Heritage Command

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

Japanese Merchant Ship photos - Wrecksite - copyright owners retain all rights. Photos used on this site will be taken down should the owner request their removal.

 

Sinkings by Selected Submarines

List of Ships Sunk by Selected Submarines

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