of the convoy, sinking two troopships; the with 2,113 lives lost; and the with 448 lives lost. The Spadefish torpedoed and sank the Shinyo, with 1,130 lives lost. As the battle continued, the Peto sank Aisakasan Maru and Chinkai Maru, while Spadefish sank Submarine Chaser No. 156. On 29 November, the Spadefish sank Daiboshi Maru. The following day the Sunfish sank the transport Dairen Maru. The patrol ended at Majuro, Marshall Islands, on 19 December 1944, with the wolfpack having sunk a total of 59,000 tons of Japanese shipping. Tenth and eleventh war patrols, January – April 1945 Sunfish stood out of Majuro on 15 January 1945 to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas. On the 20th of February, she collided with an ice floe damaging both periscopes, forcing a premature end to the patrol. The Sunfish arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, on 27 February, for refit and repairs. Sunfish began her eleventh, and last, war patrol on 31 March 1945, patrolling off Honshū and Hokkaidō. She operated in the approaches to Ominato in April. On the 9th, she damaged a ship which managed to speed away and enter a protected harbor. Five days later, Sunfish launched three torpedoes at a merchantman; but all missed. The submarine carried out a daylight attack on 16 April, sinking the transport Manryu Maru and the frigate Coast Defense Vessel No. 73. She expended her last torpedoes three days later in night-radar attacks, sinking Kaiho Maru and Taisei Maru. Sunfish returned to Pearl Harbor on 28 April and departed for the United States two days later. Postwar Sunfish was in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard from 7 May to 31 July for an overhaul and returned to Pearl Harbor on 9 August. She was preparing for another patrol when hostilities with Japan ceased. The submarine sailed out of Pearl Harbor on 29 August en route to the West Coast. She arrived at Mare Island on 5 September for inactivation, and was decommissioned there on 26 December 1945. She was the first submarine of the Gato class to be decommissioned after the war. Sunfish remained out of commission, serving as a classroom for naval reserve units until she was struck from the Navy List on 1 May 1960. Honors and awards Sunfish received nine battle stars for World War II. Footnotes References Citations Bibliography Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. The Submarine