her respite was short, however, for she again got underway on 26 july. two days later, at 1733, lookouts in "hoggatt bay" and "wyman" simultaneously spotted the running on the surface. "wyman" and "reynolds" charged after the enemy submersible as she went deep in an effort to escape. "wyman" picked up the fleeing i-boat by sonar at 1805. eight minutes later, the destroyer escort fired a "hedgehog" pattern which struck its target with deadly accuracy. "wyman's" sound operators heard the sounds of heavy explosions from beneath the sea as "i-55" began to blow apart. while opening the range at 1819, a further set of explosions rocked the sea, sounding the death knell for the enemy i-boat. reynolds then added a "hedgehog" pattern, but her target had already perished. large quantities of debris and oil, visible evidence of "wyman's" second "kill", soon came to the surface.