The Sinking of Tsushima Maru
Tsushima Maru was an unmarked Japanese cargo ship that was sunk by Bowfin between 10 and 10:30 p.m. local time on 22 August 1944 as the ship was carrying hundreds of schoolchildren from Okinawa to Kagoshima. Attacked while in convoy, Tsushima sank close to the island of Akusekijima. 1,484 civilians including 767 schoolchildren were killed; 59 children survived the sinking.
On her sixth patrol, Bowfin destroyed a pier at Minami Daito that contained a crane and a bus. Thirteen small vessels were sunk by the Bowfin's deck guns.
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