Nummer: 28919
| Area : | Pacific Ocean |
| Sea area : | West Pacific |
| Date of minelaying : | 18.04.1945 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | Japanese |
| U-boat : | [I-56 ?] |
| Commander : | Masada |
| Grid : | 160sm E Okinawa |
| presumed result : | hit not ascertained |
| Date of last signal/ last encounter : | 08.04.1945 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Submarine |
| Name of target : | Snook (SS.279) |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1526 ts |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | Luzon Strait |
| Footnote : | Operation against Okinawa. I-56 was dispatched on Apr.18th some 160nm E Okinawa before she could launch her kaitens. USS "Snook" (SS.279) was operating off Luzon Strait when she sent her last signal. It's mostly unprobable that she crossed the course of I-56. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Erfolg abgelehnt |
| Changes: | 1) Carl Boyd, 24.11.95: SNOOK + by I-56 2) Kolbicz, 09.2008: Too much distance |