DD Kawakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Siracuju | 1935/04/25 Fujinagata Osaka | 1936/11/01 | 1937/04/30 | 1943/08/06
sunk | |
Namesake: "Winter Wind" ("zimní vítr") Wind on the River? (vítr na řece?) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41 |   |   | 2ndFlt/DesRon4/DesDiv24 |   |   99  |
41/12/06 | 41/12/12 |   | SoPhilGrp/LegLandGrp/DesDiv24 | land Legaspi |   99  |
41/12/24 |   |   | DesDiv24 | land Lamon Bay |   99  |
42/01/10 | 42/03 |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | land Tarakan |   99  |
42/01/23 |   |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | land Balikpapan |   99  |
42/02/08 |   |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | land Makassar |   99  |
42/02/27 |   |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | land E Java |   99  |
42/02/27 | 42/02/28 |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | xJavaS |   99  |
42/03/01 |   |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | sinking/share Exeter, Encounter, Pope |   99  |
42/03/08 | 42/03/14 |   | EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv24 | escort convoy from Staring Bay to Singapore |   99  |
42/04/0 ? | 42/04/05 |   |   | sail from Singapore to Lingayen Gulf |   99  |
42/04/05 | 42/04/28 |   |   | Philippines securing operations (land Panay, land Negros) |   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  99  |
42/07/14 |   |   | 2ndFlt/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | IJN reorganization |   99  |
42/08/11 | 42/08/17 |   |   | escort Citose from Jokosuka to Truk |   99  |
42/08/18 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/08/21 | 42/08/26 | KI | TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | xEasSol |   99  |
42/08/21 |   | KI | TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | xEasSol - damaging Blue, damage(planes) |   99  |
42/08/24 |   |   | TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | shell Henderson Field |   99  |
42/08/27 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal - aborted |   99  |
42/08/28 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal - aborted |   99  |
42/08/29 |   |   | TokioEx/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/08/31 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/09/04 | 42/09/05 |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | escort troop-carrying barges from Santa Isabel to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/09/07 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/09/11 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/09/13 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | shell Guadalcanal in support of MajGen Kawaguci's offensive |   99  |
42/09/15 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | troop reinforcement run to Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/09/18 |   |   | TokioEx/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal, aborted due to enemy presence |   99  |
42/09/24 |   |   | TokioEx/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal, aborted due to air attack |   99  |
42/09/26 | 42/09/28 |   |   | sail from Shortland to Truk |   99  |
42/10/13 | 42/10/14 |   | DesRon2/DesDiv24 | shell Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/10/15 | 42/10/16 |   | DesRon2/DesDiv24 | shell Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/10/2? | 42/10/30 |   | SupFor/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | xSCruz |   99  |
42/11/03 | 42/11/05 |   |   | escort Suzuja and Maja from Truk to Shortland |   99  |
42/11/07 |   |   | TokioEx/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Matanikau River area, Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/11/12 | 42/11/15 |   | TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | xGuada |   99  |
42/11/14 |   |   | TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | rescued 550 survivors from AP Brisbane Maru |   99  |
42/11/16 | 42/11/17 |   |   | sail from Shortland to Truk |   99  |
42/11/18 |   |   | TokioEx/DesDiv24 | troop transport run to Buna - damaged by B-17 |   99  85  |
42/11/27 |   |   |   | arrived Shortland from Rabaul |   99  |
42/11/30 | 42/12/01 |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | xTassaf |   99  |
42/12/03 |   |   | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/12/07 |   |   | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/12/11 | 42/12/12 |   | TokioEx/CovGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
42/12/12 |   |   | TokioEx/CovGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv24 | sinking/share(Suzukze) PT-44 off Savo Is. (09-10S, 159-45E) |   85  |
42/12/14 |   |   |   | arrived Rabaul from Shortland |   99  |
42/12/19 | 42/12/23 |   |   | escort AP from Rabaul to Shortland > Munda |   99  |
43/01/01 | 43/01/02 |   |   | arrived Shortland from Rabaul |   99  |
43/01/02 |   |   | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesDiv24 | supply drum transport run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
43/01/10 |   |   | TokioEx/TranGrp | supply drum transport run to Guadalcanal - escort damaged Hacukaze |   99  |
43/01/16 | 43/01/23 |   |   | escort troop convoy from Rabaul to Shortland > Kolombangara and back |   99  |
43/01/27 | 43/01/28 |   | TokioEx/TranGrp | troop transport run to Russell Islands |   99  |
43/02/01 |   | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/CovGrp | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal - sinking PT-111 off Guadalcanal |   99  103  |
43/02/04 |   | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/CovGrp | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal - removed ComDesRon3 from temp. disabled Shirajuki |   99  103  |
43/02/07 | 43/02/08 | KE | TokioEx | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal |   99  |
43/02/07 |   | KE | TokioEx | assist damaged Isokaze of Shortland |   99  103  |
43/02/09 | 43/02/10 |   |   | escort convoy from Shortland - disabled in collision with AK Toun Maru, then back to Shortland |   99  |
43/02/11 | 43/02/13 |   |   | towed/assisted by Kuroshio from Shortland to Rabaul |   99  |
43/02/13 | 43/03/02 |   |   | Rabaul - emergency repairs |   99  |
43/03/02 | 43/03/06 |   |   | escort convoy from Rabaul to Truk |   99  |
43/03/06 | 43/03/21 |   |   | Truk - repairs |   99  |
43/03/21 | 43/03/26 |   |   | escort Katori from Truk to Jokosuka |   99  |
43/03/26 | 43/05/2? |   |   | Sasebo - repairs |   99  |
43/05/27 | 43/06/03 |   |   | escort convoy from Sasebo to Truk |   99  |
43/06/05 | 43/06/10 |   |   | troop transport run from Truk to Ponape > Nauru and back |   99  |
43/06/14 | 43/06/19 |   |   | escort Dzincu on aircrew transport run from Truk to Kwajalein and back |   99  |
43/06/30 |   |   |   | damaged en route to Rabaul - clipped reef at Truk |   99  |
43/07/01 | 43/08/01 |   |   | Truk - repairs |   99  |
43/08/01 |   |   |   | transport run from Rabaul to Tuluvu |   99  |
43/08/06 |   |   |   | xVelLav sunk(Dunlap,Craven,Maury) off Kolombangara |   |