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aa Based on intelligence developed during the raid, Lockwood warned Hydeman by radio to be on the lookout for increased antisubmarine activity as well as for minelayers sent into La Pérouse Strait to sow more surface mines.
ab The USS Trutta (SS-421) lobbed five-inch shells at Hirado Shima.
ac This and other extracts from the letters that follow are from some of the hundreds written by the families of Bonefish personnel to Sarah Edge over a period of approximately two years. This trove of letters, valuable documents in their own right, is part of the Edge family archive.
ad Pierce’s “volunteer basis” apparently refers to Operation Barney itself.
ae These so-called “disturbances” are not mentioned in any of Lockwood’s writings.
af George Pierce in the Tunny was permitted two days on standby in the Sea of Okhotsk, during which he tried unsuccessfully to raise the Bonefish. Lockwood apparently didn’t inform Sarah of that fact.
ag The Bowfin is one of only a few fleet-type submarines saved from the breakers’ yard and placed in service as a museum ship. She can be visited at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
ah The Bonefish was actually outfitted with FMS in San Francisco.