 {|    |} uss bugara (ss-331)', a balao-class submarine, was a ship of the united states navy named for the bugara, a multicolored fish found along the coast of california. bugara (ss-331) was launched 2 july 1944 by electric boat co., groton, conn.; sponsored by mrs. lyman s. perry, wife of captain perry; and commissioned 15 november 1944, commander a. f. schade in command. bugaras war operations extended from 21 february to 17 august 1945 during which she completed three war patrols in the flores, java, and south china seas and the gulf of siam. while the first two patrols of bugara
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