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DD Sazanami
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fubuki | 1930/02/21 Maizuru Kaigun Kosho | 1931/06/06 | 1932/05/19 | 1944/01/14
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Curling Waves (Ripples)" ("kroutivé vlny, vlnění"), or "Pretty, Small Waves Raised by a Zephyr" ("hezké, malé vlny zdvižené zefírem") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv1/DesDiv7 | 99 | |||
| 41/11/28 | 41/12/21 | DesDiv7 | shell Midway | 81 99 | |
| 42/01/12 | 42/01/17 | escort CarDiv2 from Hashiradzma to Palau | 99 | ||
| 42/01/21 | 42/01/28 | StrFor1/DesDiv7 | strike Ambon | 99 | |
| 42/01/29 | 42/02/25 | ECovFor/DesRon2/DesDiv7 | land Ambon, Makassar, Timor | 99 | |
| 42/02/27 | 42/02/28 | ECovFor/DesRon2/DesDiv7 | xJava Sea | 99 | |
| 42/03/02 | ECovFor/DesRon2/DesDiv7 | with Ushio damaging Perch (depth charges) | 99 | ||
| 42/03/12 | 42/03/25 | escort convoys from Bail to Lingayen Gulf > Formosa > Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 42/04/10 | 1stAirFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv7 | 99 | |||
| 42/04/24 | 42/04/29 | escort Shoho from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/05/07 | 42/05/08 | CovFor | xCoralS | ||
| 42/05/07 | CovFor | xCoralS-lifeguard from Shoho | |||
| 42/05/08 | 42/05/18 | sail from Coral Sea to Saipan > Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 42/05/20 | 42/06/1? | AL | D2/AleFor/StrFor2/Screen/DesDiv7 | xMidway | 74 89 |
| 42/06/28 | 42/07/13 | escort fleet patroling out of Ominato SW of Aleutians | 99 | ||
| 42/07/14 | DesDiv7 | reassigned to CF HQ | 99 | ||
| 42/07/29 | 42/08/14 | escort Jawata Maru (from 08/31 Unjo ) from Jokosuka to Saipan > Ulithi and back | 99 | ||
| 42/08/17 | 42/08/2? | DesDiv7 | escort Jamato and Taijo from Kure to Truk | 99 | |
| 42/08/2? | 42/08/29 | RearFor/DesDiv7 | xEasSol | 99 | |
| 42/09/09 | 42/09/11 | sail from Truk to Shortland | 99 | ||
| 42/09/12 | TokioEx/DesDiv7 | transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/09/13 | TokioEx/DesDiv7 | shell Guadalcanal in support of MajGen Kawaguci's offensive | 99 | ||
| 42/09/17 | TokioEx/DesDiv7 | transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/09/20 | TokioEx/DesDiv7 | transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/09/27 | 42/09/29 | sail from Shortland to Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/10/04 | 42/10/14 | escort damaged Taijo from Truk to Kure | 99 | ||
| 42/10/14 | 42/11/01 | Kure - repairs | 99 | ||
| 42/11/01 | 42/11/16 | escort Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 42/11/19 | 42/12/05 | escort Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 42/12/15 | 42/12/31 | escort Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk > Kavieng and back | 99 | ||
| 43/02/01 | 43/02/17 | escort Unjo and Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 43/02/24 | 43/03/12 | escort Unjo and Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 43/04/04 | 43/04/21 | escort Cujo and Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 43/05/07 | 43/06/10 | Kure - repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/06/16 | 43/06/19 | sail from Jokosuka to Saipan | 99 | ||
| 43/06/24 | 43/07/02 | escort AP Shinko Maru towing damaged Akizuki from Saipan to Nagasaki | 99 | ||
| 43/07/23 | 43/07/28 | escort Taijo from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/08/02 | 43/08/05 | escort troop convoy from Truk to Rabaul, then became flagship of DesRon3 | 99 | ||
| 43/08/17 | 43/08/18 | CovGrp/DesRon3/SF | led troop transport run to Vella Lavella - fight with TG 30.? | 99 | |
| 43/08/22 | CovGrp/DesRon3/SF | led Rekata evacuation run - aburted due to suspected enemy presence | 99 | ||
| 43/08/26 | CovGrp/DesRon3/SF | led Rekata evacuation run | 99 | ||
| 43/08/28 | troop transport run from Rabaul to Shortland | 99 | |||
| 43/08/29 | 43/09/01 | aircrew transport run from Rabaul to Kavieng > Truik | 99 | ||
| 43/09/06 | 43/09/11 | escort Unjo from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/09/11 | 43/10 | Jokosuka - repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/10/04 | 43/10/20 | escort Cujo from Jokosuka to Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 43/10/27 | 43/11/01 | escort Cujo from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/11/05 | 43/11/10 | escort Zuiho and Cujo from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/11/16 | 43/11/2? | StrFor1/DesDiv7 | sail from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | |
| 43/11/30 | 43/12/05 | StrFor1/DesDiv7 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | |
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/17 | StrFor1/DesDiv7 | sail from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | |
| 43/12/22 | 43/12/24 | sail from Truk to Rabaul | 99 | ||
| 43/12/26 | DesDiv7 | transport run to Qavuvu | 99 | ||
| 43/12/30 | DesDiv7 | transport run to Qavuvu | 99 | ||
| 44/01/01 | 5thFlt/DesRon1/DesDiv7 | 99 | |||
| 44/01/12 | 44/01/14 | departed Rabaul to join convoy en route from Palau to Truk | 99 | ||
| 44/01/14 | sunk(Albacore) escorting 300 miles SE of Yap, 89 survivors rescued by Akebono | 99 | |||