Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Kimotsuki Masaaki (prev. C.O. MANAZURU). 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. Minor damage: due to shell hit by U.S. shore battery: one dead, 17 injured.

23 December:
With second Wake Island invasion force.

31 December 1941-3 January 1942:
Escorted convoy from Kwajalein to Truk, then patrol/escort duties out of that base.

23 January:
With Rabaul invasion force, then patrol/escort duties out of that base.

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

8 March:
With Lae/Salamua invasion force.

28 March:
With Bougainville invasion force.

7-8 May: Battle of the Coral Sea
Escorted Port Moresby troop convoy.

1-9 July:
Steamed from Truk to Yokosuka, then docked at Sasebo for refitting.

5 July:
Lieutenant Commander Kimotsuki (no further sea-duty thereafter) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto Shizuka (prev. C.O. YUKAZE).

10 July:
Desdiv 30 reassigned to 2nd Surface Escort Division, Fourth Fleet.

14 July:
Desdiv 30 reassigned directly to Eighth Fleet.

15 August:
Departed Sasebo for Rabaul and the Shortlands.

24 August:
Bombarded Henderson Field.

25 August: Battle of Eastern Solomons
Joined escort of Guadalcanal troop convoy. Rescued MUTSUKI survivors, then escorted Patrol Boats Nos. 1 and 2 into Rabaul on 27 August.

28-31 August:
Troop transport run to Milne Bay.

4 September:
Troop evacuation run to Taupota (New Guinea); rescued 20 soldiers.

10-11 September:
Departed Rabaul on troop evacuation run to Goodenough Island. Sunk: in attacks by Allied aircraft, eight miles northwest of Vakuta Island (08-45 S, 151-25 E). Direct bomb hit near stern disabled ship, then continued strafing and near-misses led to uncontrollable flooding; 68 dead. On 26 September ISOKAZE and MOCHIZUKI rescued 83 survivors from Normanby Island, including Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto (later C.O. KIYOSHIMO), but Comdesdiv 30 (Captain Yasutake Shiro) killed in action.

20 October 1942:
Removed from Navy List.