Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Hamanaka Shuichi (prev. C.O. HATSUSHIMO). Assigned to Desdiv 24, Desron 4, Second Fleet.

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

6-12 December:
Departed Palau with Southern Philippine attack forces, then with Legaspi invasion force.

24 December:
With Lamon Bay invasion force.

12 January 1942:
With Tarakan invasion force. Assisted Patrol Boat No. 38 in sinking of Dutch minelayer PRINS VAN ORANJE.

23 January:
With Balikpapan invasion force.

4 February:
At Staring Bay (Celebes), assisted torpedoed SUZUKAZE.

8 February:
With Makassar invasion force.

11 February:
Probably sank USS SHARK (SS-174) in gunnery attack 120 miles east of Menado.

27 February:
With Eastern Java invasion force.

27-28 February: Battle of the Java Sea
In surface action against Allied cruiser-destroyer force.

1 March:
Assisted in sinking of HMS EXETER, HMS ENCOUNTER and USS POPE (DD-225).

8-14 March:
Escorted convoy from Staring Bay to Singapore.

April:
Arrived in Lingayen Gulf from Singapore on 5 April, then assisted in operations to secure the Philippines, including the occupation of Panay and Negros.

10 April:
Desdiv 24 reassigned to Desron 1, First Fleet.

28 April-1 May:
Steamed from Panay to Sasebo, then docked for repairs.

4-5 June: Battle of Midway
Escorted Admiral Takasu's Aleutians Guard Force supply group.

25 June:
Sunk: while steaming independently from Ominato towards the Inland Sea, torpedoed by USS NAUTILAUS (SS-168) 60 miles southeast of Yokosuka (34-34 N, 140-26 E). Sank quickly followed by underwater explosions, leaving no survivors.

20 August 1942:
Removed from Navy List.