many large cases and gasoline drums. She salvaged a case and found it full of Imperial Japanese Army mess kits. Bugara′s gunners opened fire on the drums and cases with .50 and .30-caliber machine guns, and in a matter of minutes many gasoline fires had started all around Bugara. After sighting two Japanese aircraft, Bugara dived. After she surfaced, she sighted four possible medium junks and two sailing vessels close to shore between Hilly Cape and Patani Roads at 19:40. Suddenly, she sighted a periscope at a distance of only . Schade reported that "It was so large and steady we did not believe it was a scope and passed it close aboard." He decided to ignore the periscope and close with the other vessels. The sailboats were native-owned and carrying tapioca, so Bugara let them go on their way. The remaining vessels were beached, and Schade decided not to close any further as darkness prevented him from determining what was in the vicinity close to shore. HMS Sleuth suddenly surfaced astern of Bugara, and Schade noted it had been Sleuth′s periscope that Bugara sighted earlier. At 24:00, Bugara departed the area in accordance with her operation order to conclude her patrol. Bugara started a southbound transit of Lombok Strait at 19:00 on 12 August 1945, clearing the passage three hours later. She then set course for Fremantle, Australia. During her passage through the Indian Ocean from Lombok Strait to Fremantle, hostilities with Japan ended on 15 August 1945. Schade received a Bronze Star Medal for his command of Bugara during her highly successful third patrol, one he remembered as "one of the most colorful to be made during the war." During the patrol, Bugara sank of 57 small ships with an aggregate gross register tonnage of 5,284. Her victims included 12 junks totaling 1,162 gross register tons, 24 schooners totalling 3,057 gross register tons, 16 coastal cargo ships totaling 489 gross register tons, three "sea trucks" totaling 156 gross register tons, a 400-gross register ton naval auxiliary, and a 20-gross register ton terengganu. Bugara and her crew received the Submarine Combat Patrol insignia for the patrol. 1945–1950 On 17 August 1945 Bugara arrived at Fremantle, Australia, concluding her final war patrol. After a few days, she proceeded to Subic Bay on Luzon in the Philippine Islands, joining the other submarines of her squadron there. She operated from Subic Bay