east coast of Hainan Island in the eastern part of the Gulf of Tonkin and off the northeastern coast of French Indochina. Bashaw sank one small coastal freighter on 10 February 1945, then joined the submarine in pursuing another, which they sank with gunfire. On 25 February 1945, Bashaw mounted several unsuccessful attacks against a small cargo ship. Flasher later finished off the ship. On 27 February 1945, Bashaw again worked with Flasher in sinking two "sea trucks" and damaging two others. On 5 March 1944, a heavy fog hindered Bashaw′s patrolling until radar picked up a contact. She approached in daylight, surfaced, and fired six torpedoes at what turned out to be the 10,000-gross register ton tanker Ryoei Maru. Two torpedoes scored, and Bashaw’s crew cheered as Ryoei Maru sank. On 6 March, Bashaw sank another "sea truck," then made for Subic Bay on Luzon in the Philippines, where she moored alongside the submarine tender on 12 March 1945. Sixth war patrol Bashaw got underway on 27 March 1945 for her sixth war patrol, which she also conducted off French Indochina and Hainan Island. Japanese forces were stretched thin, and she found no worthy targets. On 29 April 1945, she stood into Subic Bay. May–August 1945 At Subic Bay, Bashaw received orders to continue on to Mare Island, California, for overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard. Upon completion of overhaul, she departed the Mare Island Navy Yard for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 13 August 1945. During her voyage, hostilities with Japan ended on 15 August 1945. Post-World War II 1945–1949 Upon her arrival at Pearl Harbor on 22 August 1945, Bashaw received orders to return to Mare Island Navy Yard to prepare for inactivation. On 5 September 1945, she arrived there and began her pre-inactivation overhaul, going into commission in reserve there on 24 November 1945. She remained berthed at Mare Island until her status was changed to out of commission in reserve on 20 June 1949, after which she was laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. 1951–1969 Bashaw was recommissioned on 3 April 1951 and operated from San Diego, California, along the United States West Coast in local operations and training until 10 May 1952. She then was placed out of commission in reserve at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California, where from May 1952 to March 1953, she underwent conversion to a Type IT