Sandbox/Historical Fates & Sinkings

To complement the Historical Formations page I started years ago, this page is dedicated to listing the fates of the historical versions of all the shipgirls in the fleet. Since their fates often influence the girls' statistics, personalities, appearances and quotes, this historical information may be of interest to players.

+++For the time being, this list is extremely incomplete.+++

Losses Up to Midway (7 June, 1942)
Miyuki - Collided with Inazuma and sank, 29 June, 1934.

Z1 Leberecht Maas - Sunk by friendly bombers (or possibly mines), 22 February, 1940.

Z3 Max Schultz - Sunk by a mine while attempting to rescue survivors of Z1, 22 February, 1940.

Bismarck - Sunk by battleship gunfire after having her rudder stuck by torpedo bombing from Ark Royal, 27 May, 1941.

Kisaragi - Bombed during the invasion of Wake Island and sank, 11 December, 1941. Accounts vary of the exact events of her sinking (whether it was a sudden result of the bombing or whether it involved fires going out of control and igniting her depth charges or torpedoes).

Kikuzuki - Bombed during the Invasion of Tulagi, 4 May, 1942.

Shouhou - Bombed during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May, 1942.

Battle of Midway:

 * Souryuu - Bombed and incapacitated in the Battle of Midway.  Scuttled by Isokaze, 4 June, 1942.


 * Kaga - Bombed and incapacitated in the Battle of Midway.  Scuttled by Hagikaze, 4 June, 1942.


 * Akagi - Bombed and incapacitated in a single hit in the Battle of Midway.  Scuttled by Maikaze, Nowaki, Hagikaze and Arashi (one torpedo each), 5 June, 1942.


 * Hiryuu - Bombed and incapacitated in the Battle of Midway.  Scuttled (badly) by Makigumo, 5 June, 1942.


 * Mikuma - Bombed and sunk in the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942.  Unclear if she was scuttled, if she was it was by Suzuya or Asashio.

Losses up to the Withdrawal from Guadalcanal (7 February 1943)
Kako - Torpedoed by a submarine, August 10, 1942.

Battle of the Eastern Solomons:

 * Ryuujou - Bombed and sunk by aircraft from Saratoga, August 24, 1942.
 * Mutsuki - Bombed and sunk, 25 August 1942.

Battle of Cape Eseperance:

 * Furutaka - Sunk by shellfire, 12 October, 1942.
 * Fubuki - Sunk by shellfire, 12 Octoboer, 1942.
 * Murakumo - Bombed and incapacitated while assisting Fubuki and Furutaka.  Scuttled by Shirayuki, 12 October, 1942.

Naval Battles of Guadalcanal:
Takanami - Set aflame by cruiser gunfire, blew up shortly after midnight during the Battle of Tassafaronga 1 December, 1942.
 * Akatsuki - Sunk by gunfire after turning on her Searchlight in Night Battle, 13 November, 1942.
 * Yuudachi - Sunk by gunfire and possibly torpedoes in Night Battle, 13 November, 1942.
 * Hiei - Heavily damaged in the night battle, bombed the following day, and finally abandoned, 13 November, 1942, possibly scuttled by Yukikaze.
 * Kinugasa - Bombed and sunk,14 November, 1942.
 * Ayanami - Heavily damaged and scuttled by Uranami, following the night battle on 15 November, 1942.
 * Kirishima - Heavily damaged by gunfire of the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) and sunk in Ironbottom Sound, 15 November, 1942.

Battle of the Bismarck Sea:
Nagatsuki - Crippled and beached during the Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943.
 * Arashio - Bombed and sunk, 3 March 1943.
 * Shirayuki - Bombed and sunk, 3 March 1943.
 * Tokitsukaze - Bombed and sunk, 3 March, 1943.
 * Asashio - Bombed and sunk, 4 March, 1943.

Jintsuu - Destroyed by US gunfire and torpedoes, during the night Battle of Kolombangara on 14 July, 1943.

Battle of Vella Gulf:

 * Kawakaze - Torpedoed and sunk by US Destroyers, 7 August, 1943.
 * Hagikaze - Torpedoed and sunk by US Destroyers, 7 August, 1943.
 * Arashi - Torpedoed and sunk by US Destroyers, 7 August, 1943.

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay:
Agano - Torpedoed by a submarine while limping back to Japan for repairs (after a further 3 months of field repairs), sunk 17 February 1944.
 * Sendai - Lost in night battle, 2 November, 1943.
 * Hatsukaze - Lost in night battle after collision with Myoko, 2 November 1943.

Operation Hailstone (Airstrike on Truk Lagoon):

 * Naka - Bombed, broke in two and sunk, 17 February, 1944.
 * Katori - Sunk by gunfire from Iowa, 17 February, 1944.
 * Maikaze - Sunk by cruiser and battleship gunfire, 17 February, 1944.
 * Fumizuki - Torpedo-bombed and sunk, 18 February, 1944.

Battle of the Phillipine Sea:

 * Shoukaku - Torpedoed by a submarine, igniting avaiation fuel and setting her aflame.  She exploded and sank on 19 June, 1944.
 * Taihou - Suffered moderate damage from being torpedoed by a submarine, but damage control failed spectacularly and she exploded on 19 June, 1944.
 * Hiyou - Set afire and sunk, 20 June, 1944.

Battle of Surigao Strait:

 * Fuso was torpedoed by the USS Melvin and other destroyers, she dropout of formation, exploded in the middle, both halves burned for a few minutes and sank around 3:14 a.m..
 * Yamakaze was hit by a torpedo and sank.
 * Michishio was hit by a torpedo, disabled and sank some minutes later.
 * Asagumo was also hit, she managed to retire, but she sank later by the damage.
 * Yamashiro was torpedoed by the same ships than Fuso, but she managed to keep on formation, then she was showered with a barrage of 16", 14", 8" and 6" AP shells from the line of battleships and cruisers of the USN.
 * Mogami damaged by shellfire, ran away with Shigure, but she collide with Nachi, this damaged her hull, ignited torpedoes, damaged her engines, then again was damaged by enemy gunfire, later she was bomrbarded by torpedo bombers and finally she was taken out of her misery by a torpedo of Akebono.

War Survivors and their Ultimate Fates

 * Sakawa - Sank 1 day after the Operation Crossroads Able shot, the heaviest ship to do so.
 * Saratoga - Sank several hours after the Operation Crossroads Baker shot.
 * Nagato - Sank five days after the Operation Crossroads Baker shot, after listing slowly with little obvious damage, she likely was still mostly seaworthy, but was too radioactive to be saved.
 * Prinz Eugen - Sank five months after the Operation Crossroads Baker shot.  She was still seaworthy and was towed a significant distance, but was too radioactive to have her pumps operated. Her wreck lies a few meters from the shore upsidedown in a max depth of 35 meters in Kawajalein atoll, her 3 propelles are still visible over the water.