Pearl Harbor 17 September. Seventh and eighth war patrols, October 1944 – February 1945 After a training period, she got underway 13 October for her seventh war patrol, in the Ryukyu (Nansei) islands and waters south of Japan, but made no contacts before returning to Midway 2 December. On 27 December Pogy sailed on her eighth patrol in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. On 14 January 1945 she made an unsuccessful torpedo attack on a convoy of three cargo ships. No other opportunity to attack presented itself during the patrol, and the ship returned to Midway 11 February. Ninth war patrol, March – May 1945 On 12 March 1945 Pogy got underway for her ninth patrol in the area south of Tokyo Bay. On 19 April 1945, she was on lifeguard duty in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Honshu, Japan, at when a United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator mistakenly strafed her and dropped a bomb which detonated as she passed through a depth of while submerging. The strafing inflicted minor but extensive damage on Pogy, but she suffered no casualties and was able to remain on patrol. On 29 April Pogy rescued ten Army aviators from the downed B-29 Superfortress The Queen Bee, and got underway for Saipan to transfer them. On 6 May she departed Saipan for Pearl Harbor arriving 15 May for refit. Tenth war patrol, July – August 1945 On 2 July Pogy departed Pearl Harbor for the Sea of Japan on her tenth and final war patrol. She made a run under the minefields and patrolled in the "Emperor's private ocean" until V-J Day. Hunting was better on this patrol. On 27 July Pogy sank a large cargo ship with two torpedoes, damaged a 10,000-ton tanker on 2 August, and on 5 August destroyed the 2,200-ton cargo ship Kotohirasan Maru. She returned to Midway 21 August with her World War II career completed. Postwar Pogy departed Midway 5 September for Panama and then the East Coast of the United States. She arrived New York 3 October. Decommissioning and disposal Pogy was placed out of commission in the US Atlantic Reserve Fleet 20 July 1946 at Naval Submarine Base New London in New London, Connecticut. She was struck from the Navy List 1 September 1958 and sold 1 May 1959. Honors and awards Pogy received eight battle stars for service in World War II. Footnotes