Led transport run from Rabaul via the Shortlands to Kolombangara. Sunk: after being disabled by gunfire of U.S. cruiser-destroyer group, was finished off by torpedo from USS WALLER (DD-466), in Kula Gulf (08-03 S, 157-13 E); 128 killed; 53 survivors, including Comdesdiv 2 (Captain Tachibana Masao [45]) and Lieutenant Commander Tanegashima, later reached Japanese lines
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