DD Asakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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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:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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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  |