Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Commander Nagai Sumitaka. Assigned to Desdiv 15, Desron 2, Second Fleet.

26 November-1 December 1941:
Steamed with Desron 2 from Terashima Strait to Palau.

6-8 December:
Departed Palau with Southern Philippine attack forces, initially escorting RYUJO in attack on Davao.

10-11 December:
Escorted YAEYAMA laying mines in Surigao Strait.

12 December:
With Legaspi invasion force.

20 December:
With Davao invasion force.

25 December:
With Jolo invasion force.

11 January 1942:
With Menado invasion force.

14 January:
With Kendari invasion force.

31 January:
With Ambon invasion force.

8-9 February:
With Makassar invasion force. Sunk: torpedoed by USS S-37 (SS-142); back broken; eight dead and two wounded. KUROSHIO attempted to tow, then removed survivors, including Commander Nagai. Ship sank on 9 February, 22 miles south of Makassar, Celebes (05-10 S, 119-24 E). First of 39 Japanese destroyers to fall victim to U.S. submarines during the war.

28 February 1942:
Removed from Navy List.