Nummer: 29119b
| Area : | Pacific Ocean |
| Sea area : | West Pacific |
| Date of attack : | 12.08.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 18:03 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | Japanese |
| U-boat : | I-58 |
| Commander : | Hashimoto / Shiraki |
| Grid : | SE Okinawa |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | "kaiten" = Human Torpedo |
| Convoy : | unknown |
| Date of observation : | 12.08.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 19:05 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Destroyer Escort |
| Name of target : | Thomas F. Nickel (DE.587) |
| Year of launch : | 1944 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1450 ts |
| Actual result : | target visibly missed |
| Position of target : | 21.15n 131.02e |
| Footnote : | I-58 launched two Kaitens against a seaplane carrier. It was actually the LSD "Oak Hill" being glanced by the kaiten of FPO1C Hayashi, which was detonated by depth charges from the destroyer escort "Thomas F. Nickel". The second kaiten, piloted by FPO1C Shiraki, missed the DE, then detonated about 2500 mtrs away. The submarine heard the detonations and assumed that two hits had been scored. - Three days later Japan was going to capitulate. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | unknown |
| updated on: | 00.09.2008 |
| Remark: | Shiraki (Ichiro) |