The Fremantle-based US Submarines RASHER and RAY, sank two Japanese tankers, an escort aircraft carrier, and a transport. RASHER torpedoed the OTAKA, (escort carrier), the TEIYO MARU, (tanker), and the EISHIN MARU, (transport), in Luzon Strait. RAY torpedoed the NANSEI MARU, (tanker), in the Sulu Sea.
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1944
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