file created: 12/07/02 00:12:00 , last update: 05/30/00
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DD Asakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kamikaze 1922/02/16
Micubishi Nagasaki
1922/12/08 1923/06/16 1944/08/23
sunk
Namesake: "Wind from the Sea after Sunrise" ("vítr od moře po východu slunce"), "Sea breeze" ("mořský vánek"), "Morning Breeze" ("Ranní vánek")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12     3rdFlt/DesRon5/DesDiv5     99 
41/12/07 41/12/14   NoPhilGrp/SupGrp/DesRon5/DesDiv5 land Aparri   99 
41/12/19 41/12/23   NoPhilGrp/SupGrp/DesRon5/DesDiv5 land Lingayen Gulf   99 
41/12/31 42/01/18     escort troop convoy from Formosa to Singora (Malaya) and back   99 
42/01/10       rescue (with Fubuki, Hatakaze) Akita Maru survivors   99 
42/02/02 42/02/08     escort troop convoy from Formosa to Cam Ranh Bay   99 
42/02/2? 42/03/10   WeFor/DesRon5/DesDiv5 Java Sea Landings   99 
42/03/01     WeFor/DesRon5/DesDiv5 sinking/share Perth, Houston at Sunda Strait   99 
42/03/10 42/03/13   SWAreaFlt/1stSoExpFor/DesDiv5 escort convoy from Java to Singapore   99 
42/03/19 42/03/23     escort troop convoy from Singapore to Penang & Rangoon and back   99 
42/03/23 42/05/17     Singapore - upkeep   99 
42/05/17 42/06/02     Sabang - patrol/escort duty   99 
42/06/11       departed Penang for Nicobar Is. operation   99 
42/07/21       departed Singapore for W New Guinea operation   99 
42/08/06       departed Ambon for Timor operations   99 
42/08/07     8thFlt Rabaul   67 
42/08/14 43/02/25     departed Kupang, then Java Sea convoy duty   99 
43/02/25     SurfCortDiv1 DesDiv5 dissolved   99 
43/02/28 43/05/23     departed Saigon, then Moji <> Takao convoy duty   99 
43/05/23 43/07/19     Sasebo - refit   99 
43/07/19 43/12/12     SW Area convoy duty   99 
43/12/12 43/12/1?     escort convoy from Sasebo to Takao   99 
44/03/12 44/03/1?     escort convoy from Jokosuka to Saipan   99 
44/04/13 44/04/2??     escort convoy from Moji to Manila   99 
44/08/08 44/08/18   HI-71/Screen escort convoy HI-71 from Moji to Mako, then departed for Manila   99 
44/08/18 44/08/1?     escort damaged AP Eijo Maru to Takao   99 
44/08/21       departed Takao escorting convoy to Manila   99 
44/08/23       sunk(Haddo) 20 nm SW of Cape Bolinao (16-06N, 119-44E)   99  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 16°06´N,119°44´E, 1944/10/10 struck from Navy List
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