At 2300 29 July 1945, 250 miles south of Palau, the I-58 was cruising southward when it spotted a large ship approaching from the east and not zig-zagging. It turned out to be the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis and she was not escorted.
The I-58 fired off a spread of torpedoes at 2326 and observed three hits. The I-58 dove and found the Indianapolis gone when it came back up to periscope depth.
On 9 August. the submarine attacked what was thought to be a convoy of ten transports escorted by three destroyers. Two Kaiten were launched, but the convoy turned out to be the hunter-killer Task Force 75.19 along with the escort carrier USS Salamana (CVE-96). The Kaiten were attacked by the destroyer escort Johnnie Hutchins (DE-360) which sank both of them.
On 12 August, the I-58 launched an unsuccessful attack on the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD-7) and destroyer escort Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587). On 18 August, it arrived back at Kure and Japan surrendered September 2nd.
On April 1, 1946, in "Operation Road's End," the I-58 was stripped of usable parts and towed bybthe subtender Nereus (AS-17) and scuttled off Goto Island, Japan.
Story of a Sub. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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