file created: 12/07/02 00:09:48 , last update: 05/03/00
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DD Ajanami
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fubuki 1928/01/20
Fujinagata Osaka
1929/10/05 1930/04/30 1942/11/15
sunk
Namesake: "Wave Patterns" ("vlnité vzory"), "Weave Wave" ("protkaná vlna"), "Waves whose beauty suggests figures woven in silk" ("vlny jejichž krása připomíná postavy utkané z hedvábí")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     1stFlt/DesRon3/DesDiv19     99 
41/12/04 42/01/11   SoExpFor/MalGrp/SupGrp/DesRon3/DesDiv19 land Malaya   99 
41/12/08       assist army AK Awajisan Maru off Kota Bharu   85 
41/12/19     SoExpFor/MalGrp/SupGrp/DesRon3/DesDiv19 sinking/share(Uranami) O-20   99 
42/01 42/02     escort CruDiv during Malaya and Anambas Is. landing   99 
42/02/10 42/02/17   WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv19 land Bangka/Palembang   99 
42/02/17     WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv19 damaged(reefs) 2,4 nm of Durai, Anambas Is.   99  85 
42/02/20 42/02/21     Cam Ranh Bay - emergency repairs   99 
42/02/21 42/02/27     assist Cokai grounded off Cape St. Jacques, then escort to Singapore   99 
42/03/09 42/03/14   WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv19 land N Sumatra   99 
42/03/21 42/03/26   WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv19 land Andaman Is.   99 
42/03/26 42/04/0? C DesRon3/DesDiv19 Port Blair - patrol/escort duty   99 
42/04/13 42/04/22   DesRon3/DesDiv19 sail from Singapore to Cam Ranh Bay > Kure   99 
42/04/22 42/05/??     Kure - overhaul   99 
42/05/29 42/06/1?   A3/MainFor/DesRon3/DesDiv19 xMidway  
42/06/30 42/07/02   DesRon3/DesDiv19 escort troop convoy from Kure to Amami-Oshima   99 
42/07/02 42/07/17   DesRon3/DesDiv19 Amami-Oshima - ASW patrol   99 
42/07/17 42/07/31   DesRon3/DesDiv19 sail from Amami-Oshima to Mako > Singapore > Sabang > Mergui   99 
42/08/08 42/08/21   DesRon3/DesDiv19 sail from Mergui to Balikapapn > Truk   99 
42/08/21? 42/08/2? KI SupCovFor/DesDiv19 xEasSol   99 
42/09       escort fleet patroling N of Solomons   99 
42/09/24       escort AO Toho Maru to Shortland   99 
42/09/29       barge towing mission to Rendova - aborted due to high seas   99 
42/10/04     TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv19 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/07     TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv19 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/11       troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/17     TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv19 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/19     TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv19 transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/2? 42/10/2?     xSCruz - on alert in Shortland area   99 
42/11/02     TokioEx/TranGrp/DesRon3/DesDiv19 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/11/05     TokioEx/TranGrp/DesRon3/DesDiv19 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/11/06 42/11/09     escort Sendai from Shortland to Truk   99 
42/11/12 42/11/14   EPatrFor xGuada1   99 
42/11/14 42/11/15   EmBombFor/SweepUnit xGuadal - sunk(Washington) off Savo - 196 survivors rescued Uranami   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 09°10´S,159°52´E; 1942/12/15 struck from Navy List
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