© 2006 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
10 August 1943:
Tokyo. Laid down at the Uraga Dock Co. shipyard as kaibokan No. 330.
30 August 1943:
Temporarily assigned to the Sasebo Naval District.
9 December 1943:
Launched and named KASADO.
27 February 1944:
Completed and registered in the Kure Naval
District. Assigned to the Kure Guard Unit.
29 February 1944:
Departs Yokosuka.
2 March 1944:
Arrives at Saeki.
20 March 1944:
Attached directly to the Combined Fleet.
30 March 1944:
Departs Kure.
7 April 1944:
At 0330, KASADO departs Tateyama, Tokyo Bay with
destroyer SATSUKI and kaibokans MANJU and CD-4 escorting convoy HIGASHI MATSU
No. 5 (outbound) consisting of SEIYO, ASOSAN, TOSAN, MIIKE and NOTORO MARUs.
24 April 1944:
Arrives at Saipan.
26 April 1944:
At 1640, KASADO departs Palau for Tokyo with destroyer
SATSUKI and kaibokans MANJU and CD-4 escorting convoy HIGASHI MATSU No. 5
(outbound) consisting of ASOSAN, TOSAN, MIIKE and NOTO MARUs.
26 April 1944:
At 0250, LtCdr (later Vice Admiral) Frederick J.
Harlfinger's USS TRIGGER (SS-237) torpedoes and hits and damages ASOSAN and
MIIKE MARUs. At 0430, as ASOSAN MARU is being abandoned, Harlfinger torpedoes
and blows the bow off KASADO. Fuel flowing from MIIKE MARU catches fire and sets
the ship abaze. MANJU is able to rescue some survivors, but MIIKE MARU drifts
away and probably sinks the next day. KASADO and ASOSAN, TOSAN and NOTO MARUs
reverse course back to Palau.
28 April 1944:
Arrives at Palau and carries out emergency repairs. A temporary false bow is fitted.
May 1944:
Arrives at Manila. Undergoes temporary repairs, probably at
Cavite Navy Base.
17 June 1944:
Arrives at Sasebo. Undergoes permanent battle-damage
repairs.
September 1944:
Escorts convoys to Singapore.
16 October 1944:
At 1820, KASADO departs Imari Bay for Manila
with subchasers CH-17, CH-18, CH-23, CH-27, CH-28 escorting convoy MOMA-05 consisting of TAIHAKU, KOMEI, TENSHO, TAISHO, TATSUURA, TAIYO, ESAHI, DORYU, PACIFIC, AOKI and SUGIYAMA MARUs and an unidentified ship. Embarked are the 54th Independent Mixed Brigade plus a detachment of IJA suicide boats. The convoy is carrying about 10,000 reinforcements for the Philippines.
21 October 1944:
At 1600, arrives at Takao, Formosa. KASADO is
detached.
17 November 1944:
KASADO departs Singapore with light cruiser KASHII
(F), kaibokans MANJU, UKURU, NOMI, MIYAKE, CD-17, CD-23 and CD-51 and minelayer
NIIZAKE escorting convoy HI-80 consisting of TENEI, MATSUSHIMA, RYOEI, MUNAKATA,
ARIMASAN, KUROSHIO, NICHINAN and KAIHO MARUs.
27 November 1944:
At 0930, RYOEI and ARIMASAN MARUs are detached for
Takao escorted by NIIZAKE.
4 December 1944:
HI-80 arrives at Sasebo.
March 1945:
Reassigned to the Ominato Naval Guard District.
7 May 1945:
At 1452, KASADO departs Otaru, Hokkaido for the Kuriles
with kaibokans ETOROFU and FUKUE escorting convoy KI-704 consisting of KOKAI,
SHOKA, KOJO and EIHO MARUs.
14 May 1945:
At 1815, arrives at Paramushiro, Kuriles.
19 May 1945:
At 0130, KASADO departs Paramushiro with kaibokan ETOROFU and FUKUE escorting convoy O-904 consisting of KOKAI, SHOKA, KOJO MARUs and tanker EIHO MARU.
24 May 1945:
At 2145, arrives at Otaru.
22 June 1945:
W of Hokkaido, off Otaru. At about 0100, LtCdr Everett H. Steinmetz’ USS CREVALE (SS-291) torpedoes and blows the bow off KASADO. Twenty-seven crewmen are KIA.
23 June 1945:
Arrives at Otaru. Never becomes operational again.
15 July 1945:
Off Otaru. Vice Admiral John S. McCain's Task Force 38 planes damage KASADO and kaibokan CD-47 and CD-55. KASADO is towed to Ominato, Honshu for temporary repairs.
26 July 1945:
Temporary repairs are completed.
15 August 1945:
At Otaru, Hokkaido when notice of the termination of the war is received.
20 August 1945:
Arrives at Sasebo under her own power.
30 November 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
31 May 1948-25 September 1948:
Scrapped by Amakusa Kaiji.
Authors' Note:
Thanks for assistance go to Dr. Higuchi Tatsuhiro of Japan.
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
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