Bonefish, found
Gato-class fleet boat USS Bonefish (SS-223) returning to the submarine base in Fremantle, Australia, at the end of her 4th war patrol on 30 May 1944
In company with her fellow fleet boats Tunny and Skate, USS Bonefish (SS-223), commanded by T/CDR Lawrence Lott “Larry” Edge (USNA ’35), departed Guam on 28 May 1945 to conduct her eighth war patrol. She is still on that patrol, and until last week her final resting place was known only to God, sunk by Japanese surface forces near Toyama Wan on or about 18 June.
(Photo: Chris Eger)
Last week, Tiburon Subsea CEO Tim Taylor and the Lost 52 Project announced that the wreck of Bonefish had been discovered during surveys in 2025.
Beyond Bonefish, Tiburon’s current expedition located the lost Sumner-class destroyers USS Drexler (DD-741) and William D Porter (DD-579), and the Japanese merchant ship Konzan Maru.
