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DD Hinoki
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Macu 1944/03/04
Jokosuka Kaigun Kosho
1944/07/04 1944/09/03 1945/01/07
sunk
Namesake: "Sun Cypress" ("sluneční cypřiš")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/09/30 44/11/15   CF/DesRon11     99 
44/10/25 44/11/02     escort Rjuho and Kaijo on transport run from Sasebo to Keelung, then back to Kure   99 
44/11/15 44/11/20   CF/DesRon11/DesDiv52     99 
44/11/20 45/01/07   5thFlt/CortRon31/DesDiv52     99 
44/12/17 44/12/19   DesDiv52/DF escort Unrju from Kure towards Manila   99 
44/12/19       attacked (Redfish) East China Sea, damaging Redfish   99 
44/12/19 44/12/2?     sail to Cam Ranh Bay > Cape St. Jacques   99 
44/12/31 45/01/04     escort storeship Ikutagawa Maru from Cape St. Jacques to Manila   99 
45/01/05       escort storeship Ikutagawa Maru from Manila towards Cape St. Jacques   99 
45/01/05 45/01/06     gunfire duel with Bennion, RAN Warrego, Gascyone   99 
45/01/06       damaged by TU 77.4.1 planes - 21 KIA, 45 WIA > diverted back to Manila   99 
45/01/07       sunk(Ch. Ausburne,Shaw, Braine, Russell) 50 nm WSW of Manila   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 14°30´N,119°30´E; 1945/04/10 struck from Navy List
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