file created: 12/07/02 00:46:35 , last update: 12/09/99
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DD Jamakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Siracuju 1935/05/25
Uraga Dock Tokio
1936/06/21 1937/01/30 1942/06/25
sunk
Namesake: "Mountain Wind" ("horský vítr") - Wind From the Hills ("vítr z kopců")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     2ndFlt/DesRon4/DesDiv24     99 
41/12/06 41/12/12   SoPhilGrp/LegLandGrp/DesRon4/DesDiv24 land Legaspi   99 
41/12/24     DesRon4/DesDiv24 land Lamon Bay   99 
42/01/07       Davao - sail to Tarakan  
42/01/10     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 land Tarakan - sinking KM DM Prins van Oranje  
42/01/10 42/01/12   EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 land Tarakan   99 
42/01/23     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 land Balikpapan   99 
42/02/04       Staring Bay, Celebes - assist torpedoed Suzukaze   99 
42/02/08       land Makassar   99 
42/02/11       sinking/prob Shark 120 miles E of Menado   99 
42/02/27 42/02/28   EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 land E Java   99 
42/02/27     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 xJavaS   99 
42/03/01       sinking/share Exeter, Encounter, Pope   99 
42/03/08 42/03/14     escort convoy from Staring Bay to Singapore   99 
42/03/2? 42/04/05     sail from Singapore to Lingayen Gulf   99 
42/04/05 42/04/28     Philippines securing operations - land Panay Is., Negros Is.   99 
42/04/10     1stFlt/DesRon1/DesDiv24     99 
42/04/28 42/05/01     sail from Panay to Sasebo   99 
42/05/01 42/05/2?     Sasebo - repairs   99 
42/05/29 42/06/11 MI AA3/AleCovFor/DesDiv24 xMidway   74 
42/06/25       sunk(Nautilus) 60 miles SE of Jokosuka en route from Ominato towards Inland Sea   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 34°34´N,140°26´E; 1942/08/20
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