9 May 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • Submarine USS Tinosa sank the 2,300-ton cargo ship Wakatama Maru along the Korean coast off Donghae. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Sea of Japan | DS]
11 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • Submarine USS Bowfin, patrolling the east coast of the Korean peninsula, torpedoed and sank the 1,900-ton passenger-cargo ship No. 3 Shinto Maru off Wonsan Harbor. ww2dbase [Bowfin | Sea of Japan | DS]
20 Jun 1945

Pacific Ocean
  • Before dawn, submarine USS Tinosa torpedoed and sank the small merchantman Kaisei Maru and later that same day after dark she torpedoed and sank the larger cargo ship Taito Maru near the southern end of the Sea of Japan. These would be Tinosa’s last credited sinkings of the war. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Sea of Japan | DS]
7 Apr 2025

Pacific Ocean
  • The Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported remote-controlled underwater vehicles operating from Russian Navy rescue vessel Igor Belousov had discovered the wreck of M-49 in the Peter the Great Gulf south of Vladivostok, Russia. ww2dbase [M-49 | Sea of Japan | DS]



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