Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Sasagawa Hiroshi. Assigned to Desdiv 12, Desron 3, First Fleet.

20-26 November 1941:
Steamed with Desron 3 from Kure to Samah (Hainan).

4-11 December:
Escorted troop convoy out of Samah in Malaya invasion operation; covered landings at Khota Bharu; then to Camranh Bay.

16-17 December:
With British Borneo invasion force. Sunk: off Miri, Borneo (04-24 N, 114 E). Two direct bomb hits by Dutch flying boat X-32 of GVT-7 detonated aft magazine: blew up and sank with all hands.

15 January 1942:
Removed from Navy List.