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DD Oboro
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
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:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 52°17´N,178°08´E; 1942/11/15 struck from Navy List
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