[1] In special notation, Bill Somerville warned as a note: "No TROMS is available from hereon in respect of this destroyer, however her initial movements are available from the Desron 11 war diary." To this I [A.Tully] would add, the message logs and various Allied intercepts and translations of captured documents such as the Special Base 31 log from Manila I posess allowed a very substantial reconstruction here when combined with the above.

[2] Take left Manila with Sub-chaser 63 bound for Miri, western Borneo with convoy MAMI-11. It consisted of Tatsushiro Maru, Atsuta Maru, No. 7 Nanshin Maru, and one other, Unidentified. At 1420 10 October 45 kilometres southwest of Mamburao, north-west Mindoro the convoy was attacked by an enemy submarine. Tatsushiro Maru (6,886 tons) was hit by two torpedoes and sunk. The Atsuta Maru was damaged by a torpedo but was able to continue. The submarine responsible was USS COD (SS-224) Of interest COD counted thirty-two depth-charge explosions and incurred slight damage.

[3] At 2340 Take left Manila as part of the screen with convoy "Harukaze" bound for Takao. It consisted of Kokuryu Maru, Kikusui Maru, Ryofu Maru, Shikisan Maru, Taiten Maru, Eiko Maru, No. 1 Shinsei Maru, Arisan Maru, Tenshin Maru, No. 3 Toyo Maru Eikai Maru and Kimikawa Maru. Also serving as escort and support were Harukaze and Kuretake; the fleet supply ship Kurasaki and Submarine-chaser No. 20. An alternate name for this convoy is MATA-30.

[4] The unusual and memorably symbolic photographs of late war that show a bow reared skyward of a sinking transport with Rising Sun flying is either No.6 or No.10. Photos timed to 1130 from CV-11 (Intrepid) show two "CM transports" under attack at Balanacan Bay, Marinduque Island. Caption makes clear that one broke in half and sank [probably No.10 given heavy losses], and the second one to sink that was down aft and smoking exploded from the stern and sank. Since the vessel concerned is prominently down by the stern but most of the hull is visible the probabiilty is the photograph shows No.6 and that the foundering is taking some time which accords with the evidence.[Tully]

[5] The design of the Matsu-class destroyers were the first Japanese destroyer to use a true divided system of boilers and turbines arranged in BR-ER-BR-ER layout. Of the machinery compartments in the narrow hull, No.1 boiler was the fore-most. Next came the forward engine room, ofset to port and which drove the port shaft. Third came the No.2 boiler followed by last the aft engine room offset to starboard, which drove the starboard shaft. At Ormoc Bay, the system worked exactly as designed, and saved TAKE from losing all propulsive power by keeping one set of engine and boiler intact; those for the starboard propeller.

[6] There is some ambiguity about Take's movements after this 8 December departure from Manila logged by Manila Special Base Force 31.[Which has proven accurate in virtually all other cases] One source said that 10 days after her return from Ormoc she returned to Japan which supports the 15 December attribution. Others imply she engaged in some convoy escort between Kyushu and Formosa in the last part of December. They do not necessarily conflict but should be borne in mind. What is known is she was no longer at Manila during the air-raids of 14-15 November 1944 like her sister-ships were; and it is known she arrived at Kure by 2 January 1945.