Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Terauchi Saburo (prev. C.O. OTORI). 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.

23 December:
With second Wake Island invasion force.

31 December 1941-3 January 1942:
Escorted convoy from Kwajalein to Truk.

8-12 January:
Escorted convoy from Truk to Guam.

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.

6 April:
Lieutenant Commander Terauchi (to C.O. NENOHI) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Miyazaki Isamu.

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

13-16 June:
Escorted convoy from Palau to Truk.

25 June-6 July:
Covered passage of airfield-construction convoys out of Truk to Lae and Guadalcanal.

6-13 July:
Steamed from Truk to Sasebo, then docked for refitting.

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

14 July:
Desdiv 30 reassigned directly to Eighth Fleet.

27 August:
Departed Sasebo for Rabaul.

25-27 September:
Out of Rabaul with ISOKAZE to rescue YAYOI survivors from Normanby Island.

14-15 October:
Escorted CHOKAI and KINUGASA in bombardment of Henderson Field.

2 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.

5 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.

8 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal (cover); damaged PT-61 with shell hit. Minor damage: hit by dud torpedo.

13-15 November:
Escorted Guadalcanal troop convoy. With AMAGIRI rescued 1,500 survivors of sunken transports CANBERRA MARU and NAGARA MARU, then escorted damaged SADO MARU back to Shortlands.

17-20 November:
Escorted ISUZU from Shortlands to Truk.

1 December:
Desdiv 30 deactivated; assigned directly to Eighth Fleet.

12-13 December:
Escorted KUMANO and SUZUYA from Kavieng to the Admiralty Islands and back in support of Buna troop transport operations.

18 December:
Troop transport run from Rabaul to Finschhafen. Minor damage: in air attacks due to near-misses.

30 December:
Lieutenant Commander Miyazaki (to C.O. TACHIKAZE) relieved by Lieutenant (s.g.) Ikunaga Kunio (prev. C.O. SAGI).

8 January 1943:
Escorted a transport carrying construction units from Rabaul to Kolombangara.

15 January:
Accompanied TSUGARU on troop transport run to Rekata.

2 February:
Arrived in Sasebo, then docked for maintenance.

1-10 March:
Steamed from Sasebo via Truk to Rabaul.

12-19 March:
Escorted convoy from Rabaul to Palau; en route assisted and helped tow the torpedoed FLORIDA MARU. Later returned to Rabaul.

28 March:
Transport run to Rekata.

31 March:
Assigned to reactivated Desdiv 30, Desron 3, Eighth Fleet.

2-3 April:
Transport run to Rekata and Buka.

7 April:
Transport run to Rekata.

28-30 April:
Transport run from Rabaul via Shortlands to Rekata and Buka.

3-4 May:
Transport run to Rekata and Buka.

6-7 May:
Transport run to Rekata and Buka.

10 May:
Transport run to Rekata.

27-29 May:
Transport run from Rabaul via Shortlands to Rekata and Buka.

1 June:
Lieutenant Ikunaga promoted to Lieutenant Commander.

4 June:
Transport run from Rabaul to Tuluvu.

27 June:
Led troop transport run to Kolombangara.

2 July:
Rendova bombardment mission.

5-6 July: Battle of Kula Gulf
Troop transport run to Kolombangara. After landing troops during battle, engaged USS RADFORD (DD-446) and USS NICHOLAS (DD-449). Minor damage: due to shell hits on No. 1 gun and torpedo tubes.

14 August:
Arrived Sasebo, then docked for repairs.

21 September:
Departed Sasebo for Rabaul.

7 October:
Troop transport run from Rabaul to Surumi/Gasmata.

12 October:
Minor damage: in air attack on Rabaul, due to near-miss: No. 2 gun disabled.

15 October:
Lieutenant Commander Ikunaga (to C.O. IKAZUCHI) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Iwabuchi Goro.

21 October:
Troop transport run to Buka.

23-24 October:
Led transport run from Rabaul to Jacquinot Bay (New Britain). Sunk: in air attack by U.S. Navy PBYs, 90 miles south-southwest of Rabaul (05-42 S, 151-40 E). Direct bomb hit in engineering spaces: 10 dead. UZUKI rescued survivors, including Comdesdiv 30 (Captain Sawamura Seiji) and Lieutenant Commander Iwabuchi (to C.O. YUNAGI).

5 January 1944:
Removed from Navy List.