Pacific ships

IJN · DD

Kawakaze

Photos and info
Sunk

Shiratsuyu-class destroyer. In Tanaka's supply run at Tassafaronga. Sunk with Hagikaze and Arashi in the Battle of Vella Gulf.

Shiratsuyu classSunk 6-7 August 1943, Battle of Vella Gulf.

Public-domain photograph via Wikimedia Commons.

Command

KKKiyoshi KikkawaCaptain from 15 November 1939KWKazuo WakabayashiCaptain from 15 November 1940YYYoshio YanaseCaptain from 28 November 1942

Battle of Tassafaronga

1942-11-30 · in the supply line

Unknown
DraytonDD · DD-366 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Afloat
FletcherDD · DD-445 · USN
Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionBattle of Tassafaronga
Afloat
HonoluluCL · CL-48 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Kula Gulf
Sunk
KageroDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
KuroshioDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Unknown
LamsonDD · DD-367 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Unknown
LardnerDD · DD-487 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
MakinamiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Cape St. George
Afloat
MauryDD · DD-401 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
MinneapolisCA · CA-36 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
NaganamiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
New OrleansCA · CA-32 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
NorthamptonCA · CA-26 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
OyashioDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga
Unknown
PensacolaCA · CA-24 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
PerkinsDD · DD-377 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Tassafaronga
Sunk
SuzukazeDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Kula Gulf
Sunk
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship
TakanamiDD · IJN · class drawing
Photos and infoBattle of Tassafaronga

Battle of Vella Gulf

1943-08-06 · sunk

Sunk
ArashiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
CravenDD · DD-382 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
DunlapDD · DD-384 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Vella Gulf
Sunk
HagikazeDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
LangDD · DD-399 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
MauryDD · DD-401 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Vella Gulf
Sunk
ShigureDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Vella GulfBattle off HoraniuBattle of Vella LavellaBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao StraitLoss of GrowlerThe loss of Shigure
Afloat
StackDD · DD-406 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Vella Gulf
Afloat
SterettDD · DD-407 · USN
Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionBattle of Vella Gulf

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom Task Group 31.2
Sunk in the opening ambush. The record credits the US destroyer group, not one named ship.