file created: 12/07/02 00:50:10 , last update: 02/20/00
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DD Kijoshimo
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Jugumo . .
Uraga Dock Tokio
1944/02/29 1944/05/15 1944/12/26
sunk
Namesake: "Clear Frost" ("průzračný mráz")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/16 44/08/05   CF/DesRon11 training   99 
44/06/30 44/07/0?     troop transport run from Jokosuka to Cicijima   99 
44/08/05 44/08/15   2ndFlt/DesRon2     99 
44/08/15     2ndFlt/DesRon2/DesDiv2     99 
44/10/18 44/10/25   CenFor/DesRon2/DesDiv2 xLeyte   86 
44/10/24 44/10/25   CenFor/DesRon2/DesDiv2 xSibuya - damaged (1 direct hit, 5 near misses) - best speed 21 kts - assist sinking Musashi   86  99 
44/10/24     CenFor/DesRon2/DesDiv2 carry Maja & Musashi survivors to Manila   99 
44/10/27 44/10/29     carry emergency repair crews from Cavite to Coron, then sail to Brunei   99 
44/11/01 44/11/03   DesRon2/SF carry ComDesRon2 from Brunei to Manila   99 
44/11/04       arrived Manila from Brunei   99 
44/11/05 44/11/08     escort Ojodo from Manila to Miri, Borneo > Brunei   99 
44/11/08 44/11/12     escort Takao from Brunei to Singapore   99 
44/11/12 44/12/1?     Singapore - repairs   99 
44/12/24 44/12/27        
44/12/24 44/12/26 Rei-Go StrFor2/DesRon2/DesDiv2/DF sail from Cam Ranh Bay to shell San Jose, Mindoro   99 
44/12/26     StrFor2/DesRon2/DesDiv2/DF disabled (USAF planes) off Mindoro   99 
44/12/27     StrFor2/DesRon2/DesDiv2/DF sunk(PT-223) 145 miles S of Mindoro - 167 survivors rescued by Asashimo, 5 others by US PT-boats   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 12°20´N,121°00´E; 1945/02/10 struck from Navy List
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