Nummer: 29103a


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : West Pacific
Date of attack : 28.07.1945
Time of attack : 14:31
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-58
Commander : Hashimoto / Ban
Grid : N Palau
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed result : sunk ?
Used weapon(s) : "kaiten" = Human Torpedo
Convoy : unknown
Date of observation : 28.07.1945
Time of observation : 16:20
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Wild Hunter
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 6214 BRT
Actual result : target visibly missed
Position of target : 300nm N Palau
Footnote : I-53 sighted a tanker escorted by a destroyer, and launched two kaitens piloted by Lt(jg) Ban and FPO1C Komori. No success was observed, but only 2 distant explosions were heard at 15.20 h.
related attacks : Angriff 1