Name Translation: "Black Pine"

10 August 1944:
Completed at Maizuru; assigned same date to Desron 11, Combined Fleet, for training. Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Ishizuka Sakae [63].

30 September:
Assigned to Desdiv 43 (UME, TAKE, MOMO), Escort Squadron 31, Combined Fleet.

25 October: Battle of Leyte Gulf
Escorted Admiral Ozawa's Northern Force in Battle off Cape Engano. Rescued 150 AKIZUKI survivors (five later died); later assisted ISUZU in attempting to rescue CHIYODA survivors. Medium damage: in attacks by aircraft of TF 38, due to one direct bomb hit and several near-misses: rudder damaged, best speed 20 knots, 31 crew and four AKIZUKI survivors killed in action.

20 November:
Escort Squadron 31 reassigned to Fifth Fleet.

6-10 December:
Escorted HARUNA and JUNYO from Mako towards Sasebo. Medium damage: on 9 December, torpedoed in port bow by USS PLAICE (SS-390) near Meshima; then to Nagasaki; later docked at Sasebo for repairs.

5 February 1945:
Escort Squadron 31 reassigned to Combined Fleet.

15 March-20 April:
Escort Squadron 31 reassigned to Second Fleet, then back to Combined Fleet.

26 March:
Arrived in Kure, then in Inland Sea through end of war.

6 April:
With HANAZUKI and KAYA, escorted YAMATO from Tokuyama as far as Bungo Strait.

August:
Surrendered at Kure 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.