Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Mori Koukichi (prev. C.O. SAWAKAZE). Assigned to Desdiv 23, Cardiv 2, First Air Fleet.

23-27 November 1941:
Escorted troop convoys from Sakaide to Haha-jima.

4-8 December:
Departed Haha-jima, then with Guam invasion force; then antisubmarine patrolling in that area.

10-12 January 1942:
Steamed from Saipan to Truk.

23 January:
With Kavieng invasion force; then Rabaul-area patrol/escort duties.

9 February:
With Gasmata (New Britain) invasion force.

20-23 February:
Steamed from Kavieng to Truk.

2 March-10 April:
Escorted Admiral Goto's cover force out of Truk in support of Lae/Salamua, Northern Solomons, and Admiralty Islands invasions.

10 April:
Desdiv 23 reassigned to Desron 6, Fourth Fleet.

3-4 May:
With Tulagi invasion force. Sunk: in air attack on Tulagi Harbor (09-07 S, 160-12 E). Torpedo hit, dead in the water: 12 dead and 22 injured. Subchaser TOSHI MARU No. 3 towed and helped beach on Gavutu Island, but ship slid back into the sea on 5 May and sank. Salvage crews from USS PROMETHEUS (AR-3) later got the wreck back onto the beach. Lieutenant Commander Mori (to C.O. YUZUKI) among survivors.

25 May 1942:
Removed from Navy List.