2nd Striking Force November - December 1944 |
November 1944 |
| BB | Haruna CarDiv4 (RAdm Ciaki Macuda): Ise, Hijuga |
| CA | Ashigara/FF, Haguro |
| CL | Ojodo |
| DD | Hacushimo, Asashimo, Kasumi, Ushio, Shimocuki |
| 44/11/17 | Ashigara, Haguro, Haruna, Ojodo, Hacushimo and Asashimo departed Brunei Bay for Pratas Is. |
| 44/11/18 | arrived Pratas Is. - CarDiv4 and Shimocuki joined |
| 44/11/19 | departed SW for Lingga Roads |
| 44/11/22 | attacked by Sealion, then arrived Lingga Roads |
December 1944 - Operation "Rei-Go" - San Jose Bombardement |
| CA | Ashigara |
| CL | Ojodo |
| DD | DesRon2 |
DesDiv2 (Cap Nagajoshi Shiraishi): Kijoshimo/DF, Asashimo DesDiv7: Kasumi/SF |
| CortRon31 |
DesDiv43: Kaja DesDiv52: Sugi, Kashi |
| 44/12/24 | departed from Cam Ranh Bay to shell allied beachhead at San Jose, Mindoro |
| 44/12/26 | off Mintillro attacked by USAF/USN aircraft - damged Ashigara, Ojodo, Asashimo, Kijoshimo, Kaja and Kashi shell San Jose, Mindoro attacked by PTs - Kijoshimo sunk by PT-233 (12-20N, 121-00E) |
| 44/12/27 | attacked by Baya 260 nm ENE of Cam Ranh Bay (12-51N, 113-27E) |
| 44/12/28 | arrived Cape St. Jacques |