Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Chihogi Tomiji. Assigned to Desdiv 21, Desron 1, First Fleet.

December 1941:
Remained in Japanese home waters, guarding battleships and conducting antisubmarine patrols.

18-23 December:
Departed Tokuyama to meet returning Pearl Harbor Striking Force, then escorted it into Hashirijima.

14-22 January 1942:
Escorted tanker convoy from Tokuyama to Davao.

24 January:
With Kendari invasion force.

25-29 January:
Assisted damaged HATSUHARU and escorted to Davao.

8 February:
With Makassar invasion force.

18 February:
With Bali/Lombok invasion force.

28 February-1 March:
In Bali Strait, engaged but failed to intercept four U.S. destroyers escaping from the Java Sea.

16-25 March:
Steamed from Makassar to Sasebo, then docked for repairs.

20 April:
Lieutenant Commander Chihogi (later C.O. TAMANAMI) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Terauchi Saburo (prev. C.O. MOCHIZUKI).

29 May:
Departed Ominato, escorting Adak-Attu Attack Force in Aleutians operations.

8 June:
With Attu invasion force.

15 June:
With ABUKUMA, scouted Amchitka Island for possible airfield sites.

4 July:
Sunk: torpedoed by USS TRITON (SS-201) while escorting seaplane carrier KAMIKAWA MARU southeast of Attu, near Agattu Island (52-15 N, 173-51 E). Capsized two minutes after being hit and sank in five; 188 killed, including Lieutenant Commander Terauchi; 38 survivors rescued by INAZUMA.

31 July 1942:
Removed from Navy List.