Editing USS Cod (section)

===Third patrol, March 1944 – June 1944 ===
Refitting at Fremantle again from 13 March – 6 April 1944, ''Cod'' sailed to the [[Sulu Sea]] and the South China Sea off [[Luzon]] for her third war patrol. On 10 May, she attacked a heavily escorted [[convoy]] of 32 ships and sank the [[destroyer]] [[Japanese destroyer Karukaya|''Karukaya'']] and cargo merchantman ''Shohei Maru'' (7,256 tons) before the escorts drove her down with [[depth charges]]. She returned to Fremantle to replenish on 1 June 1944.