later become the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush. Pilot Beckman was rescued by holding on to the Finback's periscope until the partially submerged vessel was five miles from Haha Jima and out of shelling range of Japanese cannons. On 10 – 11 September, she tracked a convoy, and although twice her attacks were broken off by an alert escort, she sank Hassho Maru (536 tons) and Hakuun Maru No.2 (866 tons).Finback put into Pearl Harbor for refit. On her eleventh war patrol, she was again detailed to lifeguard duty in the Bonins. She sank troop transport Jusan Maru (2111 tons) on 16 December and returned to Midway on 24 December. 1945 Twelfth patrol The submarine's twelfth war patrol, made between 20 January and 25 March 1945 in the East China Sea, was frustrated by a lack of targets, and Finback returned to Pearl Harbor for a thorough overhaul. Still at Pearl Harbor at the close of the war, she sailed for New London 29 August 1945. Post war Homeported at New London for the remaining five years of her active career, Finback was engaged in training student submariners. Twice, in 1947 and in 1948, she sailed to the Caribbean to take part in Second Fleet exercises. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at New London on 21 April 1950.Finback was stricken on 1 September 1958, and sold for scrap on 15 July 1959. All but the third, ninth, and twelfth of Finback's'' twelve war patrols were designated "successful." She received 13 battle stars for World War II service, and is credited with having sunk 69,383 tons of enemy shipping. References External links History.navy.mil: USS Finback Navsource.org: USS Finback Hazegray.org: USS Finback Gato-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1941 ships