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On Tues. 12 Dec 1944 After sundown, USS Pintado sank Japanese Transport.....

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After sundown, USS Pintado sank Japanese Transport No. 12 and Japanese Transport No. 104 in the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippine Islands, hitting them with three of six torpedoes fired.

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