of rice bound for Singapore. Bugara removed the schooner′s crew before sinking her with gunfire. 28 July On 28 July 1945, Bugara began the day at 09:45 boarding a 50-gross register ton coastal cargo ship loaded with rice and bound for Singapore. The crew was ordered off before Bugara′s gunners made short work of the ship and sank her. At 10:44, Bugara made her 25th contact of her war patrol, when a second 50-ton coastal cargo ship made for the edge of a minefield with Bugara in pursuit. While Bugara was alongside the vessel, an Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi F1M Type 0 (Allied reporting name "Pete") observation floatplane approached from shore. With the crew of the cargo ship having abandoned ship and clear of their vessel, Bugara′s gunners opened fire and sank the small vessel just as the floatplane turned around and headed back toward shore. Three hours later, Bugara′s lookouts spotted a 300-gross register ton three-masted schooner close to shore. Schade decided sinking the large schooner was worth the risk of entering shallow water near shore, and ordered Bugara in at flank speed. The schooner′s Japanese crew apparently had abandoned ship early, so Schade ordered Bugara to open gunfire on the schooner without bothering to first board her and ascertain her cargo. The schooner sank in of water with all three of her masts sticking straight out of the water. Bugara then retired to deeper water at high speed. At 16:35, a boarding party from Bugara descended upon the 75-gross register ton schooner Kiat Ann. Papers found on board listed a cargo of sugar from Singapore to Bangkok, but an adamant crew claimed the cargo was rice, bound for Singapore. Although Kiat Ann was registered to the Japanese and Bugara′s crew was almost certain that four members of her crew were Japanese, Bugara removed and released the entire crew, then sank Kiat Ann with gunfire. At 21:25, Bugara went alongside a Chusan-type junk of 25 gross register tons. The seven-man crew, all Canton Chinese seemed friendly, but freely admitted they had just returned from carrying a load of rice to Singapore, and had returned for a second load. The crew of the junk was brought on board Bugara before their craft was destroyed by gunfire. Schade agreed to keep what he described as “one intelligent volunteer as interpreter.” The man was cleaned up, given a physical examination, and dressed