Name Translation: "Evening Wind"
Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto Shizuka [56]. Assigned to Cardiv 3, First Fleet.
8 December 1941:
Training with HOSHO in Inland Sea.
4-5 June 1942: Battle of Midway
Escorted HOSHO of Admiral Yamamoto's Main Body.
20 June:
Assigned directly to First Air Fleet.
25 JUNE:
Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto (to C.O. YAYOI) relieved by Lieutenant Ishido Isamu [60].
14 July:
Reassigned directly to Third Fleet; continued as guardship for HOSHO for pilot training in Inland Sea.
15 January 1943:
Reassigned to 50th Air Flotilla (Training), Third Fleet; continued training with HOSHO in Inland Sea.
15 October:
Lieutenant Ishido (to C.O. NAMIKAZE) relieved by Lieutenant Hashiguchi Momoji [62] (prev. C.O. KASASAGI).
1 January 1944:
Reassigned to 51st Air Flotilla, 12th Air Fleet; continued training with HOSHO.
20 February:
Assigned directly to Combined Fleet; continued training with HOSHO.
1 March 1945:
Lieutenant Hashiguchi relieved by Lieutenant Commander Takubo Tatsuo [64].
August:
In western Inland Sea at end of war.
5 October 1945:
Removed from Navy List. Later used as repatriation ship.
14 August 1947:
Turned over to Great Britain; later scrapped at Singapore.