Nummer: 28924d


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : West Pacific
Date of attack : 27.04.1945
Time of attack : früh
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-36
Commander : Matsuda
Grid : Saipan to Okinawa
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : "kaiten" = Human Torpedo
Convoy : SON.2
Actual tonnage : ---- --
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : I-36 launched 4 kaitens, piloted by Lt(jg) Yagi and PO2C Abe, Ebihara and Matsuda, against a convoy, and 10 min later heard four detonations. Two kaitens failed as the release gear was faulty. - USS "Ringness", escorting a convoy of landing vessels, observed two kaitens, one of which was sunk while the other detonated. Further detonations were probably caused by depth charges.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


Convoy : SON.2
updated on: 00.00.0000
Remark: Matsuda (Mitsuo)