Takeo Kurita
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, "Fubuki" was assigned to Destroyer Division 11 of Destroyer Squadron 3 of the IJN 1st Fleet, and had deployed from Kure Naval District to Hainan Island. From 4 December 1941 "Fubuki" along with , the heavy cruisers and formed the Support Force of Rear-Admiral Takeo Kurita for the Japanese invasion convoy from Camranh Bay, French Indochina to Miri (British Borneo) then to Kuching. "Sagiri" was sunk by Dutch submarine near Kuching on 24 December 1941.