";s:4:"text";s:3804:" 0723 hours - In position 33°50'N, 139°22'E fired one torpedo which hit the target.
0355 hours - Headed north to go back over the scene of the action. 11 Mar 1944 USS Bowfin (Cdr. A single escort was sighted 5000 yards to the south. Griffith, USN) torpedoed and sank the Japanese army cargo ship Tsukikawa Maru (4673 GRT, built 1942) south of Halmahera in position 01°25'S, 128°14'E. We were about 4000 yards ahead of the target at the time. 1422 hours - Submerged for the seaplane coming in. 0018 hours - Range started opening.
Started another attack. 0948 hours - Two depth charges were dropped, ten seconds apart.
On the next look the Maru was stopped and both escorts came rushing towards, range now about 1500 yards. The target we had attacked was not in sight. 2209 hours - In position 29°32'N, 129°31'E fired six bow torpedoes from 2800 yards at two overlapping ships. It also missed. She was re-commissioned for the Korean Conflict during 1951-1954. 2339 hours - Fired our last stern torpedo from 4600 yards. The targets developed into two small coastal steamers. -----------------------------------------------------------
There was a fire on the water where the ship sank.Bowfin in return is damaged by Japanese gunfire and is forced to terminate her patrol.
Decided that the torpedoes had run under the target.
The noise of the pumping attracked the escorts.
Commenced tracking as to attack later tonight. 2205 hours - Set course to clear the scene at full speed. He then opened fire. 1127 hours - Sighted the target bearing 261°(T), during the submerged approach the target had reduced speed to about 1 knot but had maintained her course of 100°(T). 0452 hours - Sighted the target with zero angle on the bow, accompanied by one escort. Continued to close. Came left to get parallel to the target. Range now 3000 yards but closed to have a better look and take pictures.
Dezember 1943)Dritte Einsatzfahrt (8. 0353 hours - Fired the last two torpedoes. 0829 hours - Submerged for a closing contact on SD (air warning) radar. 2245 hours - Fired two stern torpedoes from 3000 yards. Planed up to have a look. She was nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger, so it is fitting that her permanent home is at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i. 2054 hours - The target signalled to the escort whixh started dropping depth charges three minutes later until 2121 hours. The last torpedo passed the target astern. 1423 hours - Returned to periscope depth. ... the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park and the Pacific Aviation Museum. Identified the target as a large trawler. Die USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287) war ein U-Boot der Balao-Klasse, welches die United States Navy während des Zweiten Weltkrieges im Pazifikkrieg gegen Japan und während des Kalten Krieges einsetzte.
0755 hours - Heard by sound and then sighted a reinforcing escort vessel coming up Tobalai Strait. 1824 hours - Surfaced and commenced run around Sarangini Islands to the convoy's estimated 2100 hours position. Total ammunition expended;
0846 hours - Submerged.