Japanese invasion of the eastern Netherlands East Indies "Operation J" [28 Feb ~ 12 Mar 1942] - Akebono escorted cruisers Nachi & Haguro
Battle of the Java Sea [1 Mar 1942] - Akebono assisted in sinking the British cruiser HMS Exeter & destroyer HMS Encounter, and the American destroyer USS Pope
Battle of the Coral Sea [4~8 May 1942]
Battle of Dutch Harbor "Operation AL" [3~4 Jun 1942] - Akebono attacked Dutch Harbor, Alaska in the Aleutians campaign
Battle of the Eastern Solomons [24 Aug 1942] - Akebono escorted battleship Yamato & aircraft carrier Taiyō (till Sep)
[Mar ~ Oct 1943] - Akebono escort carriers Unyō, Taiyō, Ryūhō, Zuihō or Jun'yō
[Dec 1943] - "Tokyo Express" transport missions in the Solomon Islands
[14 Jan 1944] - Akebono rescued 89 survivors of torpedoed destroyer Sazanami
[25 Jan 1944] - retrofit at Yokosuka
Battle of Surigao Strait [24 Oct 1944] - Akebono rescued ~700 survivors of the heavy cruiser Mogami and then scuttled her with a torpedo
[13 Nov 1944] - Akebono & Akishimo were attacked in a USAAF air raid. A direct bomb hit set both ships ablaze, and the following day a large explosion on Akishimo blew a hole in Akebono and sank
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