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DD Tanikaze
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Kagero | 1939 Fujinagata Osaka | 1940/11/01 | 1941/04/25 | 1944/06/09
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley" ("vítr z hory do údolí") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/11/22 | 41/12/21 | raidPH | StrFor1/Screen/DesDiv17 | 74 | |
| 41/12/21 | 41/12/28 | 2ndWakeInvFor/CarGrp | land Wake - 2nd attempt | 99 | |
| 42/01/08 | 42/01/27 | R | StrFor1/RabStrGrp/DesDiv17 | land Rabaul and Kavieng | 99 |
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/08 | StrFor1/DesRon1/DesDiv17 | hunting TF 8,TF 17 after Revenge Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/15 | 42/02/21 | StrFor1/DesRon1/DesDiv17 | 1st Port Darwin Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/DesRon1/DesDiv17 | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/07 | StrFor1/DesRon1/DesDiv17 | shell Christmas Is | 99 | ||
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/22 | StrFor1/DesRon1/DesDiv17 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/04/10 | 42/07/14 | 1stAirFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | 99 | ||
| 42/04/27 | 42/05/2? | Kure - repairs | 99 | ||
| 42/05/27 | 42/06/1? | B2/StrFor1/SupGrp/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/05 | B2/StrFor1/SupGrp/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | damaged by near miss - 6 KIA | 99 | ||
| 42/07/14 | 3rdFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | IJN reorganization | 99 | ||
| 42/08/08 | 42/08/14 | sail from Kure to Saipan > Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/08/16 | 42/08/20 | TokioEx/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | troop transport run from Truk to Guadalcanal, then to Rabaul | 99 | |
| 42/08/24 | 42/08/26 | RE | DesDiv17 | land Milne Bay | 103 |
| 42/08/28 | 42/08/31 | TokioEx/CovGrp/DesDiv17 | troop transport run from Rabaul to Milne Bay, then sail to Shortland | 99 | |
| 42/09/01 | TokioEx/DesDiv17 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/09/04 | 42/09/06 | TokioEx | escort slow barge convoy from Shortland to Guadalcanal and back | 99 | |
| 42/09/1? | 42/10 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | patol N of Solomons | 99 | |
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/29 | ForvScoFor/DesDiv17 | xSCruz | 99 | |
| 42/10/26 | 42/10/29 | ForvScoFor/DesDiv17 | escort damaged Cikuma to Truk | 99 | |
| 42/11/02 | 42/11/07 | escort Zuiho and Kumano from Truk to Sasebo | 99 | ||
| 42/11/07 | 42/11/2? | Sasebo? - repairs | 99 | ||
| 42/11/22 | 42/12/04 | escort Kumano on troop transport mission from Kure to Manila (11/27) > Rabaul | 99 | ||
| 42/12/05 | sail from Rabaul to Shortland | 99 | |||
| 42/12/07 | TokioEx/DesDiv17 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal - attacked by PTs > aborted | 99 | ||
| 42/12/11 | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesDiv17 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/12/16 | 42/12/18 | TokioEx/DesDiv17 | troop transport run from Rabaul to Munda and back | 99 | |
| 42/12/21 | TokioEx/DesDiv17 | troop transport run from Munda | 99 | ||
| 42/12/25 | assist damaged Uzuki and Nankai Maru off Rabaul | 99 | |||
| 42/12/26 | 42/12/27 | TokioEx/CovGrp/DesDiv17 | troop transport run fro Rabaul to Shortland > New Georgia | 99 | |
| 43/01/05 | 43/01/10 | TokioEx/DesDiv17 | escort troop convoy from Rabaul to Lae and back | 99 | |
| 43/01/13 | sail from Rabaul to Shortland | 99 | |||
| 43/01/14 | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesDiv17 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal - CO KIA | 99 | ||
| 43/01/16 | 43/01/26 | sail from Shortland to Rabaul for repairs, then back to Shortland | 99 | ||
| 43/01/28 | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesDiv17 | troop transport run to Russell Islands | 99 | ||
| 43/02/01 | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/TranGrp/DesDiv17 | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal | 103 | |
| 43/02/04 | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/TranGrp/DesDiv17 | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal | 103 | |
| 43/02/07 | 43/02/08 | KE | TokioEx/RusCovGrp/DesDiv17 | troop evacuation run to Russell Islands | 99 |
| 43/02/11 | 43/02/14 | sail from Rabaul to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/03/15 | en route from Rabaul to Truk | 99 | |||
| 43/03/29 | 43/04/03 | escort convoys from Truk to Rabaul > Palau | 99 | ||
| 43/04/06 | 43/04/20 | TokioEx | escort troop convoy from Palau to Hansa Bay and back | 99 | |
| 43/04/24 | 43/04/26 | sail from Palau to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/04/28 | 43/05/01 | escort Irako from Truk to Iwojima | 99 | ||
| 43/05/01 | 43/05/13 | ASW patrol between Iwojima and Saipan | 99 | ||
| 43/05/13 | 43/05/18 | escort convoy from Saipan to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/05/18 | 43/06/1? | Jokosuka - repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/06/16 | 43/06/21 | escort task force from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/06/22 | 43/06/28 | DesDiv17 | troop transport run (with Hamakaze, Naka, Isuzu) from Truk to Nauru and back | 99 | |
| 43/06/30 | 43/07/02 | escort Cokai from Truk to Rabaul, then sail to Shortland | 99 | ||
| 43/07/05 | 43/07/06 | CovGrp | troop transport run to Kolombangara | ||
| 43/07/06 | CovGrp | xKula - hit by dud shell | 104 | ||
| 43/07/09 | TokioEx/CovGrp/DesDiv17 | troop transport run to Kolombangara | 99 | ||
| 43/07/13 | 43/07/15 | sail from Rabaul to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/07/19 | 43/07/24 | escort Dzunjo from Truk to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/08/15 | 43/08/28 | escort Dzunjo from Saeki to Singapore | 99 | ||
| 43/09/04 | 43/09/11 | escort Dzunjo from Singapore to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/09/19 | 43/09/24 | escort Dzunjo on troop transport mission from Iwakuni to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/10/16 | 43/10/28 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1/DesRon10/DesDiv17 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back in anticipation of further U.S. carrier raids | 99 | |
| 43/10/31 | 43/11/06 | escort Dzunjo, Unjo, Jamashiro and Ise from Truk to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/11/26 | 43/12/01 | escort Shokaku from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/17 | escort Shokaku from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/12/20 | 43/12/25 | escort Jamato from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/29 | 44/01/01 | escort Kumano nad Suzuja from Truk to Kavieng (12/31) and back | 99 | ||
| 44/01/02 | 44/01/08 | assist disabled AP Kijozumi Maru off Truk, assist Naka tow AP to Truk | 99 | ||
| 44/01/10 | 44/01/27 | escort AO convoys from Truk to Palau and back | 99 | ||
| 44/02/01 | 44/02/04 | DesDiv17 | escort fleet units from Truk to Palau | 99 | |
| 44/02/04 | 44/02/08 | DesDiv17 | sail from Palau to Truk | 99 | |
| 44/02/10 | 44/02/13 | DesDiv17 | escort fleet units from Truk to Palau | 99 | |
| 44/02/16 | 44/02/21 | DesDiv17 | escort fleet units from Palau to Lingga Roads | 99 | |
| 44/03/11 | 44/04/01 | DesDiv17 | escort convoys from Lingga to Palau > Davao | 99 | |
| 44/04/08 | 44/04/26 | DesDiv17 | escort convoys from Davao to Tarakan > Balikpapan > Saipan | 99 | |
| 44/04/29 | 44/05/19 | DesDiv17 | escort convoys from Saipan to Balikpapan > Davao > Tawi Tawi | 99 | |
| 44/06/09 | sunk(Harder) Sibutu Strait, 90 miles SW of Basilan Is. | 99 85 | |||