Nummer: 13409a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Carribean Sea |
| Date of attack : | 05.11.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 08:07 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 129 |
| Commander : | Witt |
| Grid : | EC 9296 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 9000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TAG.18 |
| Date of observation : | 05.11.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 08:03 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Tanker |
| Name of target : | Meton |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7027 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 12.21n 69.21w |
| Footnote : | U-129 observed hits from bow shots after 1:29 min, 1:29 min and 1:27 min. All torpedoes hit "Meton". Two stern shots hit "Astrell" after running times of 1:09 min and 1:04 min. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 Angriff 4 |
| Convoy : | TAG.18 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Aruba - Guantanamo |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Aug 1942, former TAW. Counter traffic = GAT |
| updated on: | 00.06.2001 |
| Remark: | EC 9296 |