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if class is not important than most of work is to find exactly same picture as in most cases there is nothing that can distinguish one ship from another
so it more a job about finding photo not recognizing what it is
my 2 cents

TROM for Ariake from CombinedFleet.Com

Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Lieutenant Commander Yoshida Shooichi. Assigned to Desdiv 27, Desron 1, First Fleet.

December 1941:
Remained in Japanese home waters, guarding battleships and conducting antisubmarine patrols.

18-23 December:
Departed Tokuyama to meet returning Pearl Harbor Striking Force, then escorted it into Hashirijima.

12-17 January 1942:
Escorted HIRYU and SORYU from Hashirijima to Palau.

21-28 January:
Escorted HIRYU and SORYU out of Palau for air strikes on Ambon.

19 February:
Escorted Admiral Nagumo's carrier force in air strikes on Port Darwin, then to Staring Bay (Celebes) on 21 February.

25 February-11 March:
Escorted carrier force out of Staring Bay in operations south of Java.

11-22 March:
Escorted convoy from Staring Bay via the Bonins to Sasebo.

15-25 April:
Steamed from Sasebo to Mako (Pescadores) to pick up SHOKAKU and ZUIKAKU, then escorted them to Truk.

7-8 May: Battle of the Coral Sea
Escorted Admiral Takagi's Striking Force.

13-16 May:
Escorted MYOKO and HAGURO as distant cover to Ocean-Nauru occupation force; operation suspended due to detection of U.S. carrier force in the area.

17-22 May:
Escorted MYOKO and HAGURO from Truk to Kure.

4-5 June: Battle of Midway
Escorted Admiral Takasu's Aleutians Guard Force.

14 July:
Desdiv 27 reassigned to Desron 4, Second Fleet.

11-17 August:
Escorted fleet from Yokosuka to Truk.

20-30 August:
Departed Truk for Jaluit, then troop transport duty out of that base; on 25 August occupied Nauru; then to the Shortlands.

4 September:
Troop transport run from Shortlands to Guadalcanal.

6 September:
Attack mission to Guadalcanal; then to Rabaul as guardship for CHOKAI.

11-12 October:
Carried Comdesron 4 (Rear Admiral Takama Tamotsu) from Rabaul to Shortlands.

13-16 October:
Escorted troop convoy from Shortlands to Guadalcanal and back.

17 October:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.

29 October:
Transport run to Guadalcanal.

1 November:
Lieutenant Commander Yoshida promoted to Commander.

2 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.

5 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.

7-9 November:
Steamed from Shortlands to Truk, then repairs.

28 November-4 December:
Steamed from Truk via Rabaul to Shortlands.

7 December:
Supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal, aborted due to PT-boat attack. Escorted NAGANAMI towing damaged NOWAKI back to Shortlands.

11 December:
Supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal.

12-13 December:
Steamed from Shortlands to Rabaul.

19-23 December:
Escorted troop transport from Rabaul via Shortlands to Munda.

25-26 December:
Out of Rabaul to assist damaged UZUKI and NANKAI MARU. Medium damage: in air attack by B-24s while towing UZUKI: bracketed by six near-misses; 28 dead and 40 wounded; best speed 16 knots; turned tow over to URAKAZE.

3-6 January 1943:
Steamed from Rabaul to Truk.

7-12 January:
Escorted ZUIKAKU, MUTSU and SUZUYA from Truk to Kure, then docked at Sasebo for repairs.

14-21 February:
Escorted convoy from Sasebo to Truk.

1-4 April:
Escorted transport AMAGI MARU from Truk to Rabaul, then back to Truk on 6 April.

16-21 April:
Escorted CHUYO and TAIYO from Truk to Yokosuka.

25-30 April:
Escorted CHUYO and UNYO from Yokosuka to Truk.

17-22 May:
Escorted MUSASHI task force from Truk to Yokosuka.

10-12 June:
Departed Yokosuka, escorting HIYO to Truk; then assisted torpedoed HIYO and escorted ISUZU towing carrier back to Yokosuka.

16-21 June:
Escorted RYUHO from Yokosuka to Truk.

9-11 July:
Escorted KUMANO and SUZUYA from Truk to Rabaul, then back to Truk on 13 July.

14-17 July:
Escorted convoy from Truk to Rabaul.

15 July:
Commander Yoshida (to C.O. URAKAZE) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Kawahashi Akifumi (prev. C.O. SHIKINAMI).

17-20 July:
Escorted NAGARA from Rabaul to Truk.

20 July:
Desdiv 27 reassigned to Desron 2, Second Fleet.

23-25 July:
Steamed from Truk to Rabaul.

27-28 July:
Troop transport run to Tuluvu (New Britain). After grounding on reef near Cape Gloucester (05-27 S, 148-25 E) with MIKAZUKI, was able to work free, removed troops and Comdesdiv 30 (Captain Orita Tsuneo) from MIKAZUKI and completed the mission to Tuluvu, then returned to assist MIKAZUKI. Sunk: while so engaged by U.S. Army B-25s. At least seven, including Lieutenant Commander Kawahashi, killed in action; Captain Orita (later to Comdesdiv 32) among survivors.

15 October 1943:
Removed from Navy List.






Previous Correct Answers...


Links to previous threads...

#1 - HMS Dragon
#2 - Tsugaru
#3 - HMS Arbiter or USS St. Simon
#4 - USS Oglala
#5 - HMAS Mildura
#6 - Le Triomphant
#7 - Sakawa
#8 - Shimane Maru
#9 - USS Hilo
#10 - I-367
#11 - HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen
#12 - Tanikaze
#13 - P-101 or HMS Thracian
#14 - HMS Exeter
#15 - HMS Euryalus
#16 - HNLMS Colombia
#17 - Ariake

ORIGINAL: Feinder

You da man Fremen!

Did some homework? Lucky guess? Knew it all along?

Congrats!
-F-

Thanks. The answer is a little bit of all.
Look the picture, guess and simply get a japanese destroyer sunk by american airplanes around 1943.

Kinda interesting...

Data from Combined Fleet listed above

27-28 July:
Troop transport run to Tuluvu (New Britain). After grounding on reef near Cape Gloucester (05-27 S, 148-25 E) with MIKAZUKI, was able to work free, removed troops and Comdesdiv 30 (Captain Orita Tsuneo) from MIKAZUKI and completed the mission to Tuluvu, then returned to assist MIKAZUKI. Sunk while so engaged by U.S. Army B-25s. At least seven, including Lieutenant Commander Kawahashi, killed in action; Captain Orita (later to Comdesdiv 32) among survivors.




Note in history of 5th AF:

Tuesday, 27 July, 1943
In New Guinea, 35 B-25's and 18 B-24's pound the Salamaua area in one of the largest single-strike attacks of Southwest Pacific Area. Airfield and supply storage at Salamaua, the town of Kela and nearby hilltop positions, and defensive positions between the road and beach at Logui are hit; 5 other B-25's hit barges between Pommern Bay and Finschhafen, and the concentration and supply area at Voco Point; a lone B-24 on armored reconnaissance bombs targets of opportunity on Mundua and Unea Islands.


Wednesday, 28 July, 1943
On New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, B-25's attack barges and fuel dump between Cape Raoult and Rein Bay and hit the airfield at Cape Gloucester and 2 destroyers offshore; single B-24's bomb Unea Island and unsuccessfully attack shipping in Saint George Channel between New Ireland and New Britain Islands. In New Guinea, B-24's bomb Manokwari and Larat and Boela on Ceram Island in the Moluccas Islands. On Timor Island, B-25's hit the town of Lautem and the airfield at Cape Chater.






Just kinda cool to see the connection.

-F-

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

Hey Willie that was the 5th turn i sended you today... i do not think any one here could keep up to ouer speed[:D] As for the DD yep you are probably right... but if its asashio class the only ones lost to Air Combat were Asashio , Kasumi , Natsugumo so if its this class that is one of them...

Ah, me and Ron or even Rob manage that one most days.......Me and Ron averaged 1 month game time per week of real time..........some days, we turned 8 plus turns

I seem to have a bad mail system .. else we would get a lot more done [;)]