DD Akikaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Minekaze | 1920/06/07 Micubishi Nagasaki | 1920/12/14 | 1921/04/01 | 1944/11/03
sunk | |
Namesake: "Autumn Wind" ("podzimní vítr") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41/12/07 | 41/12/12 |   | AirFlt11/DesDiv34 | sail from Takao, then air-sea rescue duties off Philippines |   99  114  |
41/12/13 | 41/12/23 |   |   | escort AV Kamogawa Maru from Takao to Legaspi and back |   99  |
41/12/26 | 41/12/31 |   |   | escort convoy from Takao to Davao |   99  |
41/12/31 | 42/01/24 |   |   | patrol/escort duties out of Davao |   99  |
42/01/24 | 42/02/06 |   |   | escort convoy from Davao to Takao and back |   99  |
42/02/08 | 42/02/10 |   |   | escorted convoy from Davao to Ambon |   99  |
42/02/10 | 42/04/22 |   |   | Ambon - patrol/escort duties |   99  |
42/04/22 | 42/05/04 |   |   | escorted shipping from Ambon via Davao and Takao to Maizuru |   99  |
42/05/04 | 42/06/08 |   |   | Maizuru - upkeep |   99  |
42/06/08 | 42/06/22 |   |   | escorted shipping from Sasebo via Saipan and Truk to Rabaul |   99  |
42/09/01 |   |   |   | damaged (B-17) off Buka Is. |   85  |
43/03/1 ? | 43/03/16 |   |   | sail independently from Kavieng to Kairiru Is. (off Wewak) |   99  |
43/03/15 |   |   |   | attacking submarine N of Manus (01-27S, 147-21E) |   99  |
43/08/02 |   |   |   | disabled(RAAF PBY) S of Rabaul (06-50N, 151-10E) |   103  85  |
43/11/07 | 43/11/18 |   |   | aircrew/airbase materials transport run from Tatejama to Saipan > Truk > Rabaul |   99  |
43/12/07 |   |   |   | damaged in collision with Amagiri off Kavieng |   99  |
44/10/30 | 44/11/03 |   | 1stDivAtFor/DesDiv30 | sail from Sasebo to Mako > Brunei with supplies and ammo for Kurita's force |   99  |
44/11/03 |   |   |   | sunk(Pintado)-covering Dzunjo by own hull W of Cape Bolinao |   99  |