Nummer: 28612a


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : North Pacific
Date of attack : 30.10.1944
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-12
Commander : Kudo
Grid : [27n 142w]
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Date of observation : 29.10.1944
Time of observation : 21:05
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : John A. Johnson
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 7176 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 29.55n 141.25w
Footnote : The assumption of two transports sunk came from Japanese radio intelligence. Only "John A. Johnson" was sunk, and her lifeboat and survivors were machine-gunned by submarine I-12/Kudo.
related attacks : Angriff 1