Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Maekawa Nisaburou (prev. C.O. HAKAZE). Assigned to Desdiv 20, Desron 3, First Fleet.

20-26 November:
Steamed with Desron 3 from Kure to Samah (Hainan).

4 December 1941-30 January 1942:
Escorted troop convoys out of Samah and Camranh Bay in Malaya invasion operations.

27 January: Battle off Endau
Assisted in sinking of HMS THANET.

13-15 February:
With Bangka-Palembang invasion force; took part in attacks on Allied shipping fleeing from Singapore: assisted in sinking or capture of at least four vessels.

21-24 February:
Covered minesweeping operations at Singapore and Johore Straits.

12 March:
With Northern Sumatra invasion force.

23 March:
With Andaman Islands invasion force.

6 April: Indian Ocean Raiding Operations
Escorted CHOKAI, YURA and RYUJO; assisted in sinking of six merchant ships (plus two sunk and one heavily damaged by RYUJO aircraft).

13-22 April:
Steamed from Singapore via Camranh Bay to Kure, then docked for maintenance.

4-5 June: Battle of Midway
Escorted Admiral Takasu's Aleutians Guard Force.

30 June-2 July:
Escorted troop convoy from Kure to Amami-O-Shima, then antisubmarine patrolling there.

17-31 July:
Steamed from Amami-O-Shima via Mako, Singapore and Sabang to Mergui (Burma) for Indian Ocean raiding operations, aborted due to Guadalcanal.

8-17 August:
Steamed from Mergui via Makassar to Davao.

19-23 August:
Escorted troop convoy from Davao to Truk.

24 August:
Departed Truk, escorting troop convoy toward Guadalcanal.

26-28 August:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal (aborted). Transferred troops from transports while at sea (1-5 N, 156-35 E) and steamed ahead towards Guadalcanal. Sunk: in attack by U.S. dive bombers near Santa Isabel, 60 miles north-northeast of Savo (08 S, 160-10 E); direct hit among torpedo tubes blew up ship; 122 dead (including 60 passengers); AMAGIRI rescued 135 crew, including Lieutenant Commander Maekawa (to C.O. YUGIRI), and about same number of troops.

1 October 1942:
Removed from Navy List.