Sinking
On her way back to Kure, Japan, she was attacked at Balintang Channel, Luzon Strait near the Philippines by Commander W. D. Wilkins' "Wildcats" submarine taskforce consisting of Tilefish, Rock and Sawfish, using Ultra signal intelligence. During the evening of 26 July 1944, she was spotted by Sawfish which fired four torpedoes at her. Three hit the I-29, which sank immediately at 20°06′N 121°33′E / 20.10°N 121.55°E / 20.10; 121.55. Only one of her crewmen survived.
Among the dead was I-29's Commanding Officer, Commander Takakazu Kinashi, Japan's highest-scoring submarine "ace". Earlier in the war, as skipper of I-29's sister ship I-19, Kinashi torpedoed and sank the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Wasp and damaged both the battleship USS North Carolina and the destroyer USS O'Brien during the same attack. O'Brien later sank as a result of the torpedo damage and North Carolina was under repair at Pearl Harbor until November 16, 1942, a notable achievement that is still considered to this day to be the most effective torpedo salvo ever fired in naval history. Kinashi was honored by a rare 2-rank posthumous promotion to Rear Admiral.
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