file created: 12/07/02 00:55:32 , last update: 05/12/00
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DD Minegumo
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Asasio 1936/03/22
Fujinagata Osaka
1937/11/04 1938/04/30 1943/03/06
sunk
Namesake: "Summit Clouds (White Cloud on the Mountain Peak) ("mraky na vrcholku (bílý mrak na vrcholu hory)
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     2ndFlt/DesRon4/DesDiv9     99 
41/12/07 41/12/11   NoPhilGrp/SupGrp/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Vigan, Philippines  
41/12/19 41/12/23   NoPhilGrp/SupGrp/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Lingayen Gulf   99 
42/01/10 42/01/12   EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Tarakan   99 
42/01/23     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Balikpapan   99 
42/02/08     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Makassar   99 
42/02/25     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land Bawean Is.   99 
42/02/27     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 land E Java   99 
42/02/27 42/02/28   EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 xJavaS   99 
42/03/01     EDirSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 damaging/share (Nacugumo) Perch   99 
42/04/01 42/04/10     escort Naka from Christmas Is. to Singapore   99 
42/04/12 42/04/20     sailfrom Singapore to Formosa > Jokosuka   99 
42/04/20 42/05/02     Jokosuka - repairs   99 
42/05/02       assist sinking Mizuho off Omaezaki (with Takao)   99  89 
42/05/29 42/06/1?   C2/MidInvFor/Screen/DesRon4/DesDiv9 xMidway  
42/06/27 42/07/13   StrFor2/Screen/DesDiv9 patrol SW of Aleutians   99 
42/08/11 42/08/17     escort fleet from Jokosuka to Truk   99 
42/08/20     AdvSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 damaged(reefs) departing Truk   99 
42/08/21 42/08/28 KI AdvSupFor/DesRon4/DesDiv9 xEasSol - escort AO Nippon Maru to join fleet, then escort Citose to Truk   99 
42/09       escort fleet patrolling N of Solomons   99 
42/09/02 42/09/07     escort convoy from Truk to Shortland and back   99 
42/09/26 42/09/28     sail from Truk to Shortland   99 
42/10/02     TokioEx/DesDiv9 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/10/05     TokioEx/DesDiv9 troop transport run to Guadalcanal - damaged (VS-3, VS-71, VMSB-141 - near misses) > max 14 kts   99  85 
42/10/06 42/10/10     sail from Shortland to Truk   99 
42/10/10 42/11/16     Truk - repairs   99 
42/11/16 42/11/23     sail from Truk to Jokosuka   99 
42/11/23 43/02/1?     Jokosuka - repairs   99 
43/02/12 43/02/22     escort convoy from Jokosuka to Truk   99 
43/02/28 43/03/02     sail from Truk to Rabaul   99 
43/03/04 43/03/05   TokioEx/DesDiv9 transport run from Rabaul to Shortland > Kolombangara   99 
43/03/06       sunk(TF 68) Kula Gulf - 122 survivors   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 08°01´S,157°14´E; 1943/04/01 struck from Navy List
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