© 2006-2008 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
1 August 1944:
Laid down at Sasebo Navy Yard.
1 September 1944:
Named UKU.
12 November 1944:
Launched.
30 December 1944:
Completed and registered in the Kure Naval District.
Attached to the Kure Guard Unit based at Saeki Bay.
8 February 1945:
Reassigned to the General Escort Command’s First Escort Fleet.
22 March 1945:
Off Amoy, China. At 0100, UKU and kaibokan SHINNAN are
joined by MITSUSHIMA MARU and cargo ship AKISHIMA MARU.
27 March 1945:
At 0600, arrives at Moji.
26 April 1945:
Coast of China. At 0755, UKU departs the Shusan Sea area for Moji with destroyer ASAGAO, kaibokan CD-26, patrol boat PB-102 (ex-USS STEWART, DD-224), minesweeper W-29 and subchaser CH-20 escorting convoy SHIMO-03 consisting of KASHIMA, BANSHU, ABUKUMAGAWA, SHINTON and TAIKYU MARUs and NANRYU MARU No. 9.
27 April 1945:
Yellow Sea. Off S Korea. Convoy SHIMO-03 is attacked by aircraft and unidentified submarine(s). The planes make many attacks and bomb and strafe the convoy. UKU and patrol boat No. 102 are damaged at 34-52N, 124-23E. Two of UKU’s crewmen are KIA.
28 April 1945:
At 1200, arrives at Moji. That same day, UKU is reassigned to the General Escort Command’s First Escort Fleet’s 103rd Escort Squadron.
9 May 1945:
Off Futaoi Lighthouse near 34-06N, 130-47E. UKU strikes a mine, most probably laid by B-29 "Super Fortresses" from Tinian, Marianas, and suffers medium damage.
22 July 1945:
Western Inland Sea. Completes repairs.
15 August 1945:
Tsushima Strait. While escorting an unidentified convoy, UKU’s crew receives notice of the termination of the war.
3 October 1945:
Departs Kure.
5 October 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
11 October 1945:
Arrives at Guam.
12 October 1945:
Departs Guam.
14 October 1945:
Arrives at Truk.
15 October 1945:
Departs Truk.
16 October 1945:
Arrives at Endabi.
18 October 1945:
Departs Endabi.
20 October 1945:
Arrives at Guam.
21 October 1945:
Departs Guam.
26 October 1945:
Arrives at Uraga
27 October 1945:
Begins repairs at Uraga.
30 November 1945:
Completes repairs.
1 December 1945:
Officially assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service as a special cargo ship.
6 December 1945:
Departs Uraga.
12 December 1945:
Arrives at Guam.
13 December 1945:
Departs Guam.
16 December 1945:
Arrives at Palau.
19 December 1945:
Departs Palau.
24 Decenber 1945:
Arrives at Uraga.
28 December 1945:
Begins repairs at Uraga.
16 February 1946:
Completes repairs.
19 February 1946:
Departs Uraga.
28 February 1946:
Arrives at Guam.
2 March 1946:
Departs Guam.
6 March 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
8 March 1945:
Departs Okinawa.
10 March 1945:
Arrives at Sasebo.
3 April 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
5 April 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai.
6 April 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
8 April 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo.
23 April 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
24 April 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai.
26 April 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
28 April 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo.
6 May 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
8 May 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai.
10 May 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
13 May 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo.
22 May 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
31 May 1946:
Arrives at St Jacques.
2 June 1946:
Departs St Jacques.
5 June 1946:
Arrives at Bangkok and departs later that day.
19 June 1946:
Arrives at Uraga.
1 July 1946:
Begins repairs at Tamano.
15 July 1946:
Completes repairs.
21 July 1946:
Departs Kure.
23 July 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
25 July 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
28 July 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
29 July 1946:
Departs Kure.
30 July 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa and departs later that day.
2 August 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
4 August 1946:
Departs Kure.
6 August 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
7 August 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
9 August 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
11 August 1946:
Departs Ujina.
13 August 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
14 August 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
16 August 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
18 August 1946:
Departs Ujina.
21 August 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
22 August 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
24 August 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
26 August 1946:
Departs Ujina.
30 August 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa and departs later that day.
2 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
4 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
6 September 1946:
Arrives atOkinawa.
7 September 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
9 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
11 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
14 September 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
16 September 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
17 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
19 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
21 September 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
23 September 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
24 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
27 September 1946:
Begins repairs at Tamano.
8 October 1946:
Completes repairs.
13 October 1946:
Departs Ujina.
15 October 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa and departs later that day.
18 October 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
5 December 1946:
Departs Kure.
7 December 1946:
Arrives atNaze.
10 December 1946:
Departs Naze.
11 December 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
4 July 1947:
Tsingtao, China. Ceded to the United States as a war reparation. Later scrapped.
Authors' Note:
Thanks for assistance go to Dr. Higuchi Tatsuhiro of Japan.
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
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