© 2008-2009 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
9 July 1944:
Osaka. Laid down at Hitachi’s Sakurajima yard.
5 October 1944:
Named SAKITO.
29 November 1944:
Launched.
10 January 1945:
Completed and registered in the IJN. Attached to the
Kure Guard Unit for workup and training. LtCdr Obayashi Kouji is the Commanding Officer.
25 February 1945:
Assigned to the General Escort Command’s First
Escort Fleet.
27 February 1945:
Escorts convoys in the Tsushima Strait and South Korean Sea.
3 March 1945:
SAKITO departs Moji with kaibokan CD-57 and CD-67 and
subchaser CH-26 escorting convoy MOTA-41 consisting of one unidentified merchant
ship.
11 March 1945:
Arrives at Keelung.
27 March 1945:
SAKITO departs Pei Ju Men (Kurogyo Wan) with kaibokan
CD-57 escorting the Rinji Convoy consisting of two unidentified merchant ships.
28 March 1945:
Arrives at Seito (Tsingtao). Later sails on to Moji
arriving early April.
25 April 1945:
Arrives at Chinkai (Jinhae) harbor, S Korea. That same
day, SAKITO and kaibokan CHIKUBU are reassigned to the 22nd Coast Defense Group.
E 27 April 1945:
S of Japan. SAKITO and kaibokan YASHIRO and CD-41
join convoy SHIMP-03 consisting of KASHIMA, BANSHU, ABUKUMAGAWA, SHINTON and
TAIKYU MARUs and tanker NANRYU MARU No. 9 escorted by destroyer ASAGAO, patrol
boat P-102, kaibokan UKU, CD-26, subchaser CH-20, and minesweeper W-29.
28 April 1945:
At 1200, arrives at Moji.
27 June 1945:
Korean Peninsula, near Pusan. SAKITO hits a mine laid by a USAAF
B-29 “Superfortress” at 34-13N,126-36E and is wrecked.
15 August 1945:
Under repair at Sasebo when her crew is notified of
the termination of hostilities.
20 November 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
1 December 1947:
At Sasebo Ship Industries. Completes dismantling.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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