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DD Numakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Minekaze 1921/08/10
Maizuru Kaigun Kosho
1922/02/25 1924/07/24 1943/12/19
sunk
Namesake: "Wind over the Marsh" ("vítr nad mokøinou")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/04 42/05/25   DesDiv1 Hokkaido-Kuriles patrol/escort duties   99 
42/05/25 42/06     Aleutian operations   99 
42/06 42/12??   DesDiv1 escort supply convoys from Ominato & Paramushiro to Aleutians   99 
42/10/01       escort convoy from Ominato to northern Japan   99 
42/11/15 42/11/2?     escort convoy from Ominato to Attu   99 
43     DesDiv1 patrol & escort duty off Honshu   99 
43/02/16 43/02/25     Ominato - repairs   99 
43/02/25 43/05/15     Hokkaido - convoy duty   99 
43/05/15 43/06/06     Kiska evacuation   99 
43/06/0? 43/09/11     Ominato - repairs   99 
43/06/06     DesDiv1 damaged by collision with Shirakumo off Cape Lopatka   99 
43/06/07? 43/06/17     Kataoka Bay - emergency repairs   99 
43/06/17 43/09/11     Ominato - repairs   99 
43/09/11     DesDiv1/DF     99 
43/09/12 43/12/03     Kuriles - convoy duty   99 
43/12/03 43/12/05     Moji   99 
43/12/05       daparted Moji to escort convoy to Formosa   99 
43/12/18     DesDiv1/DF sunk(Grayback) 50 miles E of Naha, Okinawa - lost with all hands   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 26°29´N,128°26´E, 1944/02/05 struck from Navy List
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