Ōminato Guard District
The "'Japanese destroyer was the lead ship of nine destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, the ship was assigned to the Ōminato Guard District. She remained in northern Japanese waters until mid-1942 when she participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. "Kamikaze" continued to patrol northern Japanese waters until early 1945 when she was transferred to the Singapore area.