Schade described as a "smart-looking village which we thought looked like Jap[anese] barracks,” Schade consulted with the interpreter and approved the site. Bugara put a four-man-sized rubber boat into the sea with one of Bugara′s officers and all seven natives aboard along with some food and clothing for the natives. At 22:20, the native crewmen expressed great sorrow at leaving Bugara and shook hands with "almost everyone." Closing within of the beach and in only of water, Bugara dropped off the Thai sailors at the agreed-upon site, and by 23:40, the officer and the rubber boat were back on board Bugara. 30 July At 09:40 on 30 July 1945, Bugara examined a 30-gross register ton coastal cargo ship on her maiden voyage, manned by a Chinese crew of eight and proceeding from Singapore carrying sugar. The ship's crew was delighted when Bugara′s boarding party came aboard, explained they had hoped a U.S. ship would find them, and then begged to stay aboard Bugara, one of them even making a special trip back aboard their ship to get a Japanese flag for Bugara′s crew. Schade made one of the Chinese, who had graduated from a university in England, his interpreter, and Bugara′s crew dubbed him "Charlie Wong." All of the Chinese sailors cheered when Bugara′s gunners sank their ship by gunfire. At 10:40, Bugara sighted a plane flying toward her, and Schade quickly sent the Chinese crew below and dived. At 11:05, Bugara surfaced, and her crew recovered the Chinese sailors’ lifeboat and lashed it to the deck. Nearly two hours later, at 13:00, Bugara′s boarding party raided the 29-gross register ton schooner Twako, flying the Rising Sun flag and carrying sugar from Singapore. Bugara′s gun crews sank Twako. By now, Bugara needed to conserve ammunition, and her were allowed to fire only two rounds to sink each target. Several hours later, at 18:40, Bugara went alongside a seaworthy fishing boat and transferred her passengers with all of their gear to the smaller craft. Schade noted that the fishermen “were completely bewildered, but all seemed happy.” “Charlie Wong” performed introductions between the foreign crews and the American submariners. Bugara next chased a 50-gross register ton "sea truck" which almost made it to the protective cover of the minefield before Bugara overtook and came alongside her. The vessel was loaded with rice and bound for Singapore. The 10 men aboard the vessel