JAPANESE SUB-MARINE I-58-TINIAN ATTACKED AMERICAN SHIP INDIANA POLIS SAVED 317 SHARK KILLED DIED 879

 1945 JULY 30  CENTRAL PACIFIC WAR 

JAPANESE SUB-MARINE I-58-TINIAN ATTACKED AMERICAN SHIP INDIANA POLIS

SAVED 317 SHARK KILLED DIED 879

SAVED 317 SHARK KILLED DIED 879


1945 ஜூலை 30 இல் மத்திய பசிபிக் கடலில் 
ஜப்பானின் நீர் மூழ்கி கப்பல் I-58 - TINIAN - INDIANA POLIS என்ற அமெரிக்க கப்பலை தாக்கி மூழ்கடித்தது - 
317 பேர் காப்பாற்றப்பட்டனர் 879 பேர் இறந்தனர் 
இறந்தவர்கள் பெருபாலும் சுறா மீனுக்கு இரை ஆயினர்
Sinking of Indianapolis[edit source]

At 23:00 on 29 July 1945 I-58 surfaced 250 miles north of Palau and headed south. Shortly afterwards the navigation officer Lt. Tanaka spotted a ship approaching from the east, making 12 knots and not zigzagging. Lt.Cdr. Hashimoto incorrectly identified the target as an Idaho-class battleship.

She was in fact the heavy cruiser Indianapolis (CA-35), and had sailed from Guam for Leyte the previous day, after having delivered parts and nuclear material for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs to Tinian from San Francisco.
Indianapolis was not equipped with sonar or hydrophones, or provided with a destroyer escort.[4]

I-58 submerged and prepared to attack with Type 95 torpedoes. After manoeuvering into position, at 23:26 (JST) the submarine fired a spread of six torpedoes at 2-second intervals.
At 23:35, Lt.Cdr Hashimoto observed two equally spaced hits on the cruiser's starboard side. The ship stopped, listed to starboard, and was down by the bow, but Hashimoto decided to attack again and dived to 100 feet to open the range and reload torpedo tubes.

While the submarine was submerged, at 00:27 on 30 July, Indianapolis capsized and sank at 12°02′N 134°48′E.
When I-58 made a periscope check, the target was gone. The submarine surfaced, and departed the area at full speed, heading north while recharging batteries.[4]
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