file created: 12/07/02 01:06:22 , last update: 06/08/00
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DD Uzuki
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Mucuki 1924/01/11
Fujinagata Osaka
1927/03/04 1927/07/25 1944/12/12
sunk
Namesake: "Month of Blooming Makinos" ("měsíc kvetoucích Makinos")
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12     CarDiv2/DesDiv23     99 
41/12/04 41/12/11   SoSeFor/GuamLandGrp/DesDiv23 land Guam  
41/12/11 42/01/10     Guam - ASW patro duty   99 
42/01/10 42/01/12     sail from Saipan to Truk   99 
42/01/2? 42/02/0?     Rabaul - patrol/escort duty   99 
42/01/22     DesDiv23 land Kavieng   99 
42/02/09     DesDiv23 land Gasmata (New Britain)   99 
42/02/20 42/02/23     sail from Kavieng to Truk   99 
42/03/02 42/04/10        
42/03/08 42/03/10   CovFor/DesDiv23 land Lae/Salamaua   99 
42/04/05     CovFor/DesDiv23 land Admiralties   99 
42/04/10     4thFlt/DesRon6/DesDiv23     99 
42/05/0? 42/05/1?     xCoralS - escort AO Hojo Maru in Shortlands area   99 
42/05/13 42/05/15   LandFor land Ocean Is./Nauru Is. - aborted due to presence U.S. carrier force   99 
42/05/21 42/05/28     sail from Truk to Saipan > Sasebo   99 
42/05/25     4thFlt/DesRon6/DesDiv30 DesDiv23 dissolved   99 
42/05/28 42/06/14     Sasebo - refit   99 
42/06/14 42/06/25     sail from Sasebo to Saipan > Truk   99 
42/06/29 42/07/06     convoy with airfield construction crews Truk > Bougainville > Guadal.   99 
42/07/06 42/07/21     Rabaul - patrol/escort duty   99 
42/07/21 42/07/22 RI   land Buna   99 
42/07/22   RI   damaged (strafing by B-17s, B-25s, B-26s) - 15 KIA/WIA   99  85 
42/08/06 42/08/07     Buna reinforcement - aborted due to Guadalcanal landing   99 
42/08/11       rescued Kako survivors   99 
42/08/12 42/08/15     escort troop convoy from Rabaul to Buna and back   99 
42/08/21 42/08/25 KI TranGrp/DesRon2 xEasSol  
42/08/25   KI TranGrp/DesRon2 xEasSol-damage(B-17)  
42/08/31 42/09/03     escort convoy from Rabaul to Truk   99 
42/09/06 42/09/14     sail from Truk to Saipan > Sasebo   99 
42/09/14 42/12/12     Sasebo - repairs   99 
42/12/01     8thDlt DesDiv30 dissolved   99 
42/12/12 42/12/18     escort Cujo from Jokosuka to Truk   99 
42/12/19 42/12/21     troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
42/12/25       escort AP Nankai Maru from Rabaul towards Munda   99 
42/12/25       attacking Seadragon, damage(collision with torpedoed Nankai M.) off New Georgia   99  85 
42/12/25 42/12/26     towed by Ariake, then by Urakaze to Rabaul   99 
42/12/26 43/01/16     Rabaul - emergency repairs   99 
43/01/05       damaged in air raid on Rabaul (near miss)   99 
43/01/16 43/01/21     towed by Suzukaze from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/01/21 43/06/20     Truk - repairs   99 
43/03/31     8thFlt/DesRon3/DesDiv30     99 
43/06/20 43/07/2?     sail from Truk to Saipan  
43/07/03 43/10/12     Sasebo - repairs   99 
43/07/2? 43/07/03     escort AP Shinko Maru towing Akizuki from Saipan to Nagasaki   99 
43/10/12 43/10/18     sail from Sasebo to Saipan > Truk   99 
43/10/19 43/10/21     escort Kiso and Tama on troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
43/10/23 43/10/24     troop transport run to Jacquinot Bay - rescued Mocizuki survivors   99 
43/10/29       led troop transport run to Garove Island and Iboki   99 
43/10/31       transport run to Buka   99 
43/11/06     TranGrp Cape Torokina counterlanding - troop transport run to Bougainville   99 
43/11/21     TranGrp troop transport/evacuation run to Buka   99 
43/11/25     TranGrp xCaStGe   99 
43/11/27       transport run to Garove Is.   99 
43/11/29       transport run to Garove Is.   99 
43/12/01       transport run to Garove Is.   99 
43/12/03 43/12/18     escort AOs from Rabaul to Palau and back   99 
43/12/24 43/12/26     sail from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/12/26 44/01/10     escort AOs from Truk to Palau and back   99 
44/01/15 44/01/25     escort NAgara towing Naganami from Truk to Tokujama   99 
44/01/25 44/03     Sasebo - overhaul   99 
44/03/03 44/03/19     escort troop convoy from Pusan to Jokosuka > Saipan   99 
44/03/13       assist sinking Tacuta, rescue survivors   99 
44/03/20 44/03/24     escort troop convoy from Saipan to Truk   99 
44/03/24 44/03/28     Truk - repairs of bent propeller   99 
44/03/28 44/04/10     escort convoys from Truk to Saipan > Jokosuka   99 
44/04/15 44/05/06     escort convoys from Jokosuka to Guam > Saipan > Palau   99 
44/05/07 44/05/30     escort convoys out of Palau to Yap, Saipan and Truk   99 
44/06/1? 44/06/23 A-Go SupFor2 xPhilip   81 
44/06/23 44/07/02     escort AO convoy from Guimarras to Kure   99 
44/07/16 44/08/21     escort convoys from Kure to Manila > Singapore and back   99 
44/07/18 44/08/20   CombFlt/DesRon3/DesDiv30     99 
44/08/20     CortRon31/DesDiv30    
44/09/30 44/10/0?     escort convoy from Sasebo to Formosa and back   99 
44/10/30 44/11/06   1stDivAtFor/DesDiv30 sail from Sasebo to Mako > Brunei with supplies and ammo for Kurita's force   99 
44/11/08 44/11/17   1stDivAtFor/DesDiv30 escort Dzunjo and Tone from Brunei to Manila > Mako > Kure   99 
44/11/20     5thFlt/CortRon31/DesDiv30     99 
44/11/22 44/11/30     escort Dzunjo from Kure to Manila   99 
44/12/09 44/12/12 TA-9 1stEch     99 
44/12/12   TA-9 1stEch sunk(PT-490,PT-492) off Palompon, Leyte (11-03N, 124-23E) - lost prob. with all hands   99  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 11°03´N,124°23´E; 1945/01/10 struck from Navy List
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