file created: 12/07/02 01:03:31 , last update: 05/11/00
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DD Shirakumo
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fubuki 1926/10/27
Fujinagata Osaka
1927/12/27 1928/07/28 1944/03/16
sunk
Namesake: "White Clouds" ("bílé mraky")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     1stFlt/DesRon3/DesDiv12/DF     99 
41/12/04 41/12/11?   SoExpfor/MalGrp/SupGrp/DesRon3/DesDiv12 land Malaysia   99 
41/12/13 41/12/17   DesRon3/DesDiv12/DF land Miri, Seria and Lutong in Northern Borneo   99 
41/12/23 41/12/29   DesDiv12/DF land Kuching, Sarawak (Borneo)   99 
41/12/24     DesDiv12/DF rescued Sagiri survivors   99 
41/12/29 42/01/2?   DesDiv12/DF screen Cokai patrolling off French Indochina   99 
42/01/05 42/01/09   DesDiv12/DF escort (with Kumano, Suzuja, Cokai) reinforcement convoy to Borneo   99 
42/02/10 42/03/06 L WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv12/DF xJavaS   99 
42/02/14   L WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv12/DF sinking HMS cable-layer flying Singapore   99 
42/03/01   L WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv12/DF sinking/share(Murakumo) Evertsen off Sunda Strait   99 
42/03/09 42/03/14   WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv20 land N Sumatra   99 
42/03/10     DesRon3/DesDiv20 Singapore - 03/10 DesDiv12 deactivated - reassigned to DesDiv20   99 
42/03/21 42/03/26   WCovFor/DesRon3/DesDiv20 land Andaman Is.   99 
42/04/01 42/04/11 C SupFor/NGrp raid Indian Ocean   99 
42/04/06   C SupFor/NGrp sinking/share AK Exmoor (19-53N, 86-30E) and British s/s Silksworth, Autolycus, Malda, Shinkuang   85 
42/04/13 42/04/22     sail from Singapore to Cam Ranh Bay > Kure   99 
42/04/22 42/05???     Kure - overhaul   99 
42/05/2? 42/06/11   AA3/AleCovFor/DesDiv20 xMidway  
42/06/30 42/07/02   DesRon3/DesDiv20 escort troop convoy from Kure to Amami-Oshima   99 
42/07/02 42/07/17   DesRon3/DesDiv20 Amami-Oshima - ASW patrol   99 
42/07/17 42/07/31   DesRon3/DesDiv20 sail from Amami-Oshima to Mako > Singapore > Sabang > Mergui (Burma)   99 
42/08/08 42/08/17   DesRon3/DesDiv20 sail from Mergui to Makassar > Davao   99 
42/08/18 42/08/23   DesRon3/DesDiv20 escort troop convoy from Davao to Truk   99 
42/08/24       departed Truk with troop convoy to Guadalcanal   99 
42/08/26 42/08/28   TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv20 troop transport run to Guadalcanal   99 
42/08/28     TokioEx/DesRon3/DesDiv20 disable(VMSB-232, VS-5) N of Guadalcanal - 2 WIA   99  85 
42/08/28 42/08/30     towed by Amagiri, then Cugaru to Shortland   99 
42/09/06 42/09/09     towed by AO Toa Maru from Shortland to Truk   99 
42/09/09 42/09/30     Truk - repairs   99 
42/09/30 42/10/08     sail from Truk to Saipan > Kure   99 
42/10/08 43/04??     Kure - repairs   99 
43/04/01     5thFlt/DesRon1/DesDiv9     99 
43/04/15 43/04/29     escort Maja from Jokosuka to Ominato > Paramushiro   99 
43/04/29       start Northern Area patrol/escort duty   99 
43/05/25 43/05/30     transport run from Shimushu to Kiska - aborted   99 
43/06/06       damaged(collision with Numakaze) during ASW sweep off Cape Lopatka   99 
43/06/07 43/08/12     Paramushiru - emergency repairs   99 
43/06/12 43/06/16     sail from Paramushiro to Ominato   99 
43/06/16 43/09/21?     Hakodate - repairs   99 
43/09/22       arrived Ominato from Hakodate, then resumed N Area patrol/escort duty   99 
43/11/16 43/12/20     Ominato - repairs   99 
43/12/28 44/01/01     escort AO Teijo Maru from Ominato to Paramushiro   99 
44/01/07 44/01/13     escort AO Teijo Maru from Paramushiro to Joksuka   99 
44/02/03 44/02/05     escort damaged Unjo off Jokosuka   99 
44/02/07       Ominato   99 
44/02/25 44/03/10     escort convoys from Ominato to Paramushiro and back   99 
44/03/14 44/03/16     escort convoy from Ominato to Kushiro   99 
44/03/16       sunk(Tautog) 170 miles E of Muroran, Hokkaido   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 42°25´N,144°55´E; 1944/03/31 struck from Navy List
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