Sadly, Bowfin was lost less than 6 hours later when, after being forced off the approach on a Fuso Battleship, she came under furious depth charge attack by multiple escorts. She survived the first few rounds unscathed, but a near miss caused flooding in the forward torpedo room as she crept along at 480 feet. Repair teams went to work, and she increased speed to compensate for flooding. A second round of charges proved deadly, destroying a section of hull in the aft torpedo room. No amount of emergency blowing at that point could reverse her slowly sinking, and her hull imploded at 729 feet at 1119 hours, January 13, 1944.
RIP Bowfin.
A sad moment in a great sim.
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