Nummer: 28807


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : Southeast Asia
Date of attack : 12.01.1945
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : Ro-49
Commander : Sugamasa
Grid : 55nm WNW Iba (Luzon)
presumed target type : Battleship
presumed tonnage : 33000 ts
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : T.F.77
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Battleship
Name of target : Mississippi (BB.41)
Year of launch : 1915
Actual tonnage : 32500 ts
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : Ro-49 claimed the sinking of a battleship of the Idaho-class On 6 January 1945, USS "Mississippi" began bombarding in Lingayen Gulf. Despite damages near her waterline received from the crash of a kamikaze, she supported the invasion forces until 10 February. Attack of any submarine could not be subtantiated.


Convoy : T.F.77
Route of convoy :
Remark to convoy : US Task Force
updated on: 06.09.2013
Changes: 1) sensuikan 9.2008: CO Sugamasa (Tetsuaki)
2) sensuikan 9.2013: Task Force 77
3) en.wikipedia.org: USS Mississippi (BB.41)
4) en.wikipedia.org: USS New Mexiko (BB.40) damaged on 6.1. by kamikaze-a/c ; but stayed in action