© 2007 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
5 September 1919:
Sasebo Repair Facility. Laid down as a MINEKAZE-class destroyer.
31 March 1920:
Launched and named SHIMAKAZE.
15 November 1920:
Completed and registered in the Maizuru Naval District.
1 December 1920:
LtCdr (later Vice Admiral) Arichi Jugoro (33) is appointed acting CO.
1 December 1921:
Cdr Arichi assumes command.
5 August 1923:
LtCdr (later Vice Admiral) Ozawa Jisaburo (37) is appointed acting CO.
20 January 1925:
Cdr (later Vice Admiral) Kobayashi Sonosuke (35) assumes command.
1 December 1925:
An unknown officer assumes command.
10 December 1928:
Cdr (later Vice Admiral) Fujita Ruitaro (40) assumes command.
5 September 1929:
An unknown officer assumes command.
1 December 1931:
LtCdr (later Rear Admiral) Nakase Noboru (45) assumes command.
1 December 1932:
An unknown officer assumes command.
1 December 1936:
LtCdr (later Rear Admiral) Furukawa Bunji (49) assumes command.
28 September 1937:
An unknown officer assumes command.
1940:
Yokosuka Navy Yard. The two forward boilers are removed reducing speed to 20 knots. Additionally, the first and third banks of torpedo tubes, and No. 2 4.7-inch/45 cal main gun are removed
1 April 1940:
Reclassified as a special duty patrol boat and renumbered PB-1. Attached to the Yokosuka Naval District and assigned to the Yokosuka Guard Unit.
1941:
Undergoes reconstruction. Nos. 3 and 4 4.7-inch/45 cal main guns, the second bank of torpedo tubes and depth charge equipment are removed. The stem is cut down to the waterline to form a ramp and fitted to carry and launch two 46-ft Daihatsu landing craft. The interior spaces are modified to accommodate up to 250 troops.
20 November 1941:
Assigned to Captain Nishikawa Hayami's Patrol Boat Squadron 1 with PB-2, PB-32, PB-33, PB-34, PB-35, PB-36, PB-37, PB-38 and PB-39.
8 December 1941:
Participates in the Aparri-Vigan landings
9 January 1942: Operation "H" - The Invasion of Celebes, Netherlands East Indies:
PB-1 departs Davao, Philippines with PB-2 and PB-34 in Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Kubo Kuji's (former CO of AOBA) 1st Base Force with light cruiser NAGARA, MineSweepDiv 21's W-11, W-7, W-8, W-9 and W-12 and SubChasDiv 1's CH-1, CH-2, CH-3 escorting eight transports carrying Captain (later Vice Admiral) Mori Kunizo's (former CO of SATA) Sasebo No. 1 Combined Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF).
11 January 1942: :
At 0300, the SNLF lands on Kema, Celebes. At 0400, they land on Menado. Later, 334 men of Cdr (later Captain) Horiuchi Toyoaki's (later XO of TAKAO) Yokosuka No. 1 SNLF (Air) are dropped successfully from Mitsubishi G3M1-L Nell converted transport aircraft in the Menado-Kema area. The paratroops seize Langoan airfield.
5-10 February 1942: The Invasion of Makassar, Celebes:
PB-1 is with Rear Admiral Kubo’s 1st Base Force with PB-2 and PB-34, light cruiser NAGARA, MineSweepDiv 21 and SubChasDiv 1’s CH-1, CH-2 and CH-3 that escort the Makassar invasion force of six transports carrying Captain Mori's Sasebo Combined SNLF.
18 February 1942:
PB-1 departs Ambon for Dili, Portugese Timor with PB-2 and PB-34 and five transports escorted by MineSweepDiv 21's W-7 and W-8, DesDiv 24's KAWAKAZE and YAMAKAZE and a subchaser. CruDiv 5's HAGURO and MYOKO, DesDiv 6's INAZUMA and IKAZUCHI and DesDiv 7's AKEBONO provide distant cover. Air cover is provided by seaplane carrier MIZUHO.
20 February 1942:
Portugese Timor is invaded.
29 March 1942: The Invasion of Dutch New Guinea:
Rear Admiral (later
Vice Admiral) Fujita Ruitaro's (former CO of FUSO) "N" Expeditionary Force assembles at Ambon Island. Fujita's Force includes CarDiv 11's seaplane carrier CHITOSE, light cruiser KINU, DesDiv 16's YUKIKAZE and TOKITSUKAZE, torpedo boats TOMOZURU, HATSUKARI, patrol boats PB-1, PB-2, PB-38 and PB-39, SubChasDiv 54's SHONAN MARU Nos. 5 and 17 and FUKEI MARU No. 15, oiler SEIAN MARU and transport
HOKURIKU MARU plus a Special Naval Landing Force. The N Expeditionary Force
departs Ambon.
31 March 1942:
Arrives at Boela, Ceram Island. Moluccas.
1-21 April 1942:
The N Expeditionary Force invades Fak-Fak, Babo, Sorong, Manokwari, Moemi, Nabire, Seroei, Sarmi and Hollandia, New Guinea.
23 April 1942:
The N Expeditionary Force is dissolved. All units return to Ambon Island.
1 May 1942:
Reattached to the Yokosuka Naval District with PB-2, PB-34 and PB-35.
28 May 1942:Operation "MI" - The Battle
of Midway:
PB-1, PB-2 and PB-34, depart Saipan in Vice Admiral (later
Admiral) Kondo Nobutake's (former CO of KONGO) Midway Invasion Force's Transport
Group with oiler AKEBONO MARU, transports ZENYO, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, AZUMA,
KIYOSUMI, KEIYO, GOSHU, KANO, HOKURIKU, KIRISHIMA and NANKAI MARUs and TOA MARU
No. 2. The transports carry an airfield construction unit, LtCol Ichiki Kiyonao's
IJA detachment and two battalions of Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF).
Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Tanaka Raizo's (former CO of KONGO)
DesRon 2's light cruiser JINTSU and DesDiv 15's KUROSHIO and OYASHIO, DesDiv
16's AMATSUKAZE, HATSUKAZE, TOKITSUKAZE and YUKIKAZE and DesDiv 18's KAGERO
provide the escort with destroyer-transports SHIRANUHI, KASUMI and ARARE. Air
cover is provided by Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Fujita Ruitaro's (former
CO of FUSO) seaplane tenders CHITOSE and KAMIKAWA MARU.
PB-1 collides with oiler AKEBONO MARU, but the damage is minor.
3 June 1942:
The convoy is bombed by nine Boeing B-17 "Flying
Fortresses". Later, the convoy is also attacked by three torpedo-carrying
Consolidated PBY "Catalina" amphibious patrol planes. AKEBONO MARU is hit
in the bow and KIYOSUMI MARU is strafed.
5 June 1942:
At 0255, the Combined Fleet's Commander-in-Chief Admiral
(Fleet Admiral, posthumously) Yamamoto Isoroku (former CO of AKAGI), aboard his
flagship YAMATO, orders Operation MI cancelled.
16 June 1942:
The Transport Group arrives at Guam and disembarks LtCol Ichiki's detachment.
1 July 1942:
Reassigned to the Yokosuka Guard Unit with PB-2.
28 July 1942:
Arrives at Saipan.
7 August 1942: American Operation "Watchtower" - The Invasion of
Guadalcanal, British Solomons:
Rear Admiral (later Admiral) Richmond K.
Turner's (former CO of ASTORIA, CA-34), Amphibious Task Force 62, covered by
Vice Admiral (MOH/later Admiral) Frank J. Fletcher's (former CO of VERMONT,
BB-20) Task Force 61 and Rear Admiral (later Admiral) John S. McCain's (former
CO of RANGER, CV-4) Task Force 63's land-based aircraft, lands MajGen (later
General/MOH/Commandant) Alexander A. Vandegrift's 1st Marine Division on
Florida, Tulagi, Gavutu, Tanambogo and Guadalcanal opening the campaign to retake the islands.
16 August 1942:
Truk. At 0500, DesDiv 4's ARASHI and HAGIKAZE, DesDiv
15's KAGERO and DesDiv 17's HAMAKAZE, TANIKAZE and URAKAZE depart Truk for
Guadalcanal as the first echelon of a reinforcement convoy carrying 917 men of LtCol Ichiki Kiyonao's 28th Infantry Regiment.
The second echelon of the reinforcement convoy departs Truk consisting of BOSTON and DAIFUKU MARUs carrying 1,100 men of Ichiki's Regiment escorted by light cruiser JINTSU and PB-35 and PB-34. Rear Admiral Tanaka in JINTSU is in command of the convoy.
PB-1 and PB-2 depart Truk escorting the third echelon consisting of fast transport (ex-AMC) KINRYU MARU carrying about 1,000 troops of the Yokosuka No. 5 SNLF.
18 August 1942:
About noon, DesDiv 24's KAWAKAZE, SUZUKAZE and UMIKAZE join the second and third echelons still enroute to Guadalcanal.
19 August 1942:
Cape Taivu, E of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. At 0100, the first echelon lands LtCol Ichiki's troops.
20 August 1942:
At midnight, Ichiki's troops storm Guadalcanal's "Henderson Field" to retake the airfield, but almost all of Ichiki's men are cut down by U. S. Marines. Ichiki commits ritual suicide.
21 August 1942:
That evening, Tanaka receives a signal from Headquarters, Eighth Fleet that Vice Admiral Kondo's Second Fleet and Vice Admiral Nagumo's Third Fleet will support Tanaka's reinforcement convoy
consisting of the second and third echelons.
24 August 1942: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
At 1230, Tanaka's force sights light carrier RYUJO, covered by CruDiv 8's TONE and DesDiv 16's AMATSUKAZE and TOKITSUKAZE. Later, RYUJO launches two strikes against Henderson Field. At 1357, RYUJO is attacked by aircraft from Vice Admiral Fletcher's Task Force 61's USS SARATOGA (CV-3). RYUJO is hit by four bombs and a torpedo hit that floods her starboard engine room. At 1800, RYUJO capsizes and sinks. CarDiv 1's SHOKAKU and ZUIKAKU launch aircraft that find and damage ENTERPRISE (CV-6). That evening, aircraft from SARATOGA damage seaplane carrier
CHITOSE. The same night, DesDiv 15's KAGERO, DesDiv 17's ISOKAZE, DesDiv 24's KAWAKAZE and DesDiv 30's MUTSUKI and YAYOI shell Henderson Field, then race northward to join Tanaka's convoy.
25 August 1942:
150 miles N of Guadalcanal. At 0600, six USMC Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive-bombers attack the convoy. KINRYU MARU is hit and begins to sink. Her embarked troops are evacuated by DesDiv 30's MUTSUKI and YAYOI and PB-1 and PB-2.
BOSTON MARU is damaged by an SBD's near-miss. A bomb hits JINTSU's forecastle and starts fires that cause her forward magazines to be flooded. Rear Admiral Tanaka is injured and shifts his flag to destroyer KAGERO. B-17 bombers arrive and sink MUTSUKI still evacuating troops from sinking KINRYU MARU.
25 August 1942:
The convoy returns to Shortland, Bougainville that night.
12 January 1943:
10 miles SW of Tingwon island, near New Hanover, Bismarcks. At about midnight, while PB-1 is escorting oiler AKEBONO MARU, they are attacked by LtCdr Thomas B. Klakring's USS GUARDFISH (SS-217). Using his new SJ radar, Klakring torpedoes and sinks PB-1 at 02-51S, 149-43E.
10 February 1943:
Removed from the Navy List.
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
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