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DD Sawakaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Minekaze | Mitsubishi (Nagasaki) | 1919/01/07 |
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| Namesake: "Wind from a Swamp" (Lowlands Wind) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/09/01 | 42/03/04 | Tatejama air station - assist in flight training | 99 | ||
| 42/03/1? | 42/11/08 | ASW patrol duty off Tokio Bay | 99 | ||
| 42/11/08 | 42/12/13 | Jokosuka - overhaul | 99 | ||
| 42/12/13 | 42/12/1? | escort convoy jokosuka > Muroran, Hokkaido, then sail back | 99 | ||
| 42/12/21 | 43/03/20 | ASW patrol duty off Tokio Bay | 99 | ||
| 43/03/20 | 43/05/29 | Jokosuka - refit | 99 | ||
| 43/06/03 | departed Yokosuka, escorting convoy to Kobe | 99 | |||
| 43/07/19 | departed Yokosuka, escorting convoy to Muroran | 99 | |||
| 43/12/16 | 44/01/13 | Joksuka - refit | 99 | ||
| 44/01/14 | 44/02/11 | convoy escort duty off Tokio Bay | 99 | ||
| 44/02/11 | 44/12/18 | patrol/escort duties around Kii Peninsula (Honshu) | 99 | ||