DD Oboro
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Fubuki | 1929/11/29 Sasebo Kaigun Kosho | 1930/11/08 | 1931/10/31 | 1942/10/16
sunk | |
Namesake: "Mist Veil Through Which Only a Shade of the Moon is Visible" ("mlhavý závoj přes který je viditelný pouze stín měsíce"), or "Haziness Diffusing the Moonlight" ("mlhavý rozptyl měsíčního světla") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41 |   |   | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv5 |   |   99  |
41/12/04 | 41/12/11 |   | SoSeFor/GuamLandGrp/DesDiv23 | land Guam |   |
41/12/15 | 41/12/19 |   |   | escort Cugaru from Saipan to Kwajalein |   99  |
41/12/19 | 42/04/06 |   |   | Kwajalein - patrol/escort duty |   99  |
42/04/06 | 42/04/12 |   |   | sail from Kwajalein to Saipan > Jokosuka |   99  |
42/04/12 | 42/06/15 |   |   | Jokosuka - patrol/escort duty |   99  |
42/06/15 | 42/06/23 |   |   | escort Zuikaku from Kure to Ominato |   99  |
42/06/24 |   |   |   | Jokosuka |   |
42/07/01 | 42/07/13 |   |   | Jokosuka - repairs |   99  |
42/07/18 | 42/08/03 |   |   | escort AO Nisshin Maru from Jokosuka to Mako (Pescadores) and back |   99  |
42/09/19 | 42/10/02 |   |   | transport run from Jokosuka to Aleutians and back |   99  |
42/10/11 | 42/10/16 |   |   | transport run Jokosuka > Shimushu > Kiska |   99  |
42/10/16 |   |   |   | sunk(B-24) 20 miles NE of Sirius Point, Kiska - only 17 survivors |   99  85  |