Bonefish

CountryUnited States
Ship ClassGato-class Submarine
Hull NumberSS-223

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Submarines Bonefish, Cod, Cero, and Corvina under construction at the Electric Boat Co. yard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 7 Mar 1943

Bonefish Operational Timeline

14 May 1944 USS Bonefish made contact with a Japanese force consisted of carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho in the Sulu Sea northwest of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines at 1400 hours.
15 May 1944 At 0120 hours, USS Bonefish radioed in a report regarding the sighting of a Japanese carrier fleet in the Sulu Sea northwest of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines on the previous date. At 1030 hours, this Japanese carrier fleet, consisted of Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho, arrived at Tawi-Tawi.
18 Jun 1945 The US submarine Bonefish was sunk by Japanese naval vessels in Toyama Wan, Honshu, Japan.




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Submarines Bonefish, Cod, Cero, and Corvina under construction at the Electric Boat Co. yard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 7 Mar 1943


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