Nummer: 29113a
Area : | Pacific Ocean |
Sea area : | West Pacific |
Date of attack : | 10.08.1945 |
Time of attack : | vorm |
Nationality of U-boat : | Japanese |
U-boat : | I-58 |
Commander : | Hashimoto / Nakai |
Grid : | NE Luzon |
presumed target type : | Destroyer |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | "kaiten" = Human Torpedo |
Convoy : | T.G.75.19 |
Date of observation : | 09.08.1945 |
Time of observation : | 11:43 |
Nationality of target : | American |
Actual type of target : | Destroyer Escort |
Name of target : | Johnny Hutchinson (DE.360) |
Year of launch : | 1944 |
Actual tonnage : | 1350 ts |
Actual result : | target visibly missed |
Position of target : | 20.20n 126.57e |
Footnote : | I-58 launched 2 kaitens, piloted by FPO1C Nakai and Ensign Mizui, against a convoy and heard two detonations. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Convoy : | T.G.75.19 |
Route of convoy : | |
Remark to convoy : | US Task Group |
updated on: | 12.09.2013 |
Remark: | Nakai (Akira) |
Changes: | 1) sensuikan 09/2013: 09.08.45 (US-Quelle) 2) kaiten/album-tamon: 10.08.45 (IJM-Quelle) |