1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific

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Operation	1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific


Start YMDHM	1941_12_11_0100
Included In Activity	Directive: 1941 Dec 08 Japanese Directive Outer Islands
Sink Ship	HIJMS Hayate \| HIJMS Kisaragi
Primary Unit Involvement	IJN Wake Island Invasion Force - 1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific
Opposing Unit Involvement	USN Wake Island Forces - 1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific
Activity Type	Operation
Conducted By Country	Japan
Conducted Against Country	United States
Contained In Theatre Of War	Pacific Theatre
Operation Type	Attack
Activity Class	Moderate
Completeness	Order Of Battle Complete \| Units Entered

Places
Location Place	Depicted In Image	Included In Place
Wake Island, Northern Pacific		Northern Pacific

Personal Involvements
Commanded By	Rank
Kajioka Sadamichi	RADM

Unit Involvements
1) Command	2) 1: Commanded By	3) 2:Rank	4) 1: Ship Age	5) 1:Result
IJN 6th Destroyer Flotilla	Kajioka Sadamichi	RADM
HIJMS Yubari			18.37yr
IJN 29th Destroyer Division
HIJMS Oite			16.11yr	Slightly Damaged
HIJMS Hayate			15.97yr	Sunk
IJN 30th Destroyer Division
HIJMS Mutsuki			15.72yr
HIJMS Kisaragi			15.97yr	Sunk
HIJMS Yayoi			15.29yr	Slightly Damaged
HIJMS Mochizuki			14.11yr
IJN 18th Cruiser Division	Marumo Kuninori	RADM
HIJMS Tenryu			22.06yr
HIJMS Tatsuta			22.75yr

Unit Involvements
1) Command	2) 1: Use Aircraft Model	3) 2: as	4) 3: Used
US Wake Island Squadron	US Grumman F4F Wildcat	N	12

Events
Hold Event	YMDHM	Details
.9	1941_12_11_0824	The four US Grumman F4F Wildcats straffed HIJMS Tenryu causing damage. The remaining ships made smoke and retired to the south west. HIJMS Kisaragi was attacked by the US Grumman F4F Wildcats when 30 miles south west of Wake. Hits on her depth charges caused an explosion and she sunk with all hands.
.1	1941_12_08_0100	Invasion force sails from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
.2	1941_12_08_1300	36 twin engined bombers of the JPN 24th air flotilla begin two days of air raids. Seven US planes are destroyed and the airfield cratered.
.3	1941_12_11_0130	Defenders alerted by blinking lights to the south.
.4	1941_12_11_0600	Defenders ready. Four remaining US Grumman F4F Wildcats took off.
.5	1941_12_11_0622	Japanese ships in column approach from the south, turn to port, make firing run 6000 yds off south coast. Residential area bombarded and oil tanks set afire.
.6	1941_12_11_0642	Column reaches west edge of Wilkes Island and reverses course for another firing run at 4500 yds. Transports prepare to land troops.
.7	1941_12_11_0700	Column reverses course for another firing run at still closer range.
.8	1941_12_11_0710	Marine 5in gun batteries open fire. Converted destroyer carrying half the SNLF troops is fatally hit and drifts ashore on Wake Island. HIJMS Yubari retires to south west covering remaining destroyer transport carrying other half of SNLF troops. Battery on Wilkes Island hit one of the other transports. HIJMS Hayate, HIJMS Oite and HIJMS Mochizuki turn directly towards Wilkes Island battery. HIJMS Hayate is hit and explodes. HIJMS Oite is hit with 19 wounded. Reconstructed column of HIJMS Yayoi, HIJMS Mutsuki, HIJMS Kisaragi supported by HIJMS Tatsuta and HIJMS Tenryu engaged battery on Peale Island.

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