Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Ogawa Yoichiro. Assigned to Desdiv 30, Desron 6, Fourth Fleet.

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

8-11 December:
Departed Kwajalein, then with first Wake Island invasion force. Sunk: by U.S. Marine aircraft 30 miles southwest of Wake Island (18-55 N, 166-17 E). Bomb hit reportedly led to explosion of depth charges (eyewitnesses dispute this, saying fatal blast originated amidships); blew up and sank with entire crew of 167.

15 January 1942:
Removed from Navy List.