18 Dec 1941

Japan
  • Shigure, Shiratsuyu, Ariake, and Yugure departed Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan to make rendezvous with the Pearl Harbor strike force. ww2dbase [Shigure | Yugure | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi | CPC]
22 Mar 1942

Japan
29 May 1942

Japan
20 May 1943

Japan
  • Shokaku departed Tokuyama, Japan for the Yokosuka region to prepare for the counter offensive at the Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi | CPC]
6 Feb 1944

Japan
7 Feb 1944

Japan



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