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Hogan, Thomas Wesley (NC x 3), CAPT USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Canton, Ga.
Last Address Kailua, HI
Date of Passing Jan 07, 1985
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Capt Hogan was the Commanding Officer of the USS Bonefish (SS-223) during the first 4 war patrols
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories 16 Sep 1943 USS Bonefish (Lt.Cdr. T.W. Hogan) departs Brisbane for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea. 27 Sep 1943 USS Bonefish (Lt.Cdr. T.W. Hogan) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Kashima Maru (9908 GRT) and damages the merchant Chihaya Maru (7089 GRT) in the South China Sea in position 10º10'N, 109º40'E. 10 Oct 1943 USS Bonefish (Lt.Cdr. T.W. Hogan) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Isuzugawa Maru (4214 GRT) and troop transport Teibi Maru (10086 GRT) off Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 14º49'N, 110º10'E. 14 Oct 1943 USS Bonefish (Lt.Cdr. T.W. Hogan) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait in position 00º10'N, 119º15'E. 21 Oct 1943 USS Bonefish (Lt.Cdr. T.W. Hogan) ends her 1st war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
