Name Translation: "Squall"

Initial Command Structure:
Ship's Captain: Lieutenant Commander Takatsuka Minoru [56] (prev. C.O. YAKAZE). Assigned to Desdiv 29 (OITE, HAYATE, ASANAGI, YUNAGI), Desron 6, Fourth Fleet.

29 November-3 December 1941:
Desdiv 29 steamed with Desron 6 from Truk to Kwajalein.

8-11 December:
With OITE (1st section, Desdiv 29), departed Kwajalein with first Wake Island invasion force. Sunk: by U.S. coastal batteries, two miles southwest of Wake Island (19-16 N, 166-37 E). Blew up and sank with entire crew. (One source lists a single survivor.) First Japanese destroyer sunk in the Pacific War.

15 January 1942:
Removed from Navy List.