Name Translation: "Wind of an Arrow's Flight"
Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Takahashi Masao [56]. Assigned to Kure Naval District.
8 December 1941:
Training in Inland Sea.
4 April-5 May 1942:
At Kure for conversion to target ship.
20 May:
Arrived Yokosuka, then target ship for bomb and torpedo attacks in Tokyo Bay.
27 June:
Lieutenant Commander Takahashi (to C.O. SUMIDA) relieved by Commander Dobashi Takeyoshi [50] (prev. AKAGI damage-control officer).
28 June:
Arrived Ominato, then continued as target ship for air attacks.
10 July:
Commander Dobashi relieved by Lieutenant Commander Aono Shigeo [59].
20 July 1942:
Removed from Navy List as destroyer; re-rated wireless target ship.
August 1945:
In Yokosuka, damaged and bottomed due to flooding, at end of war.