On 6 April 1945, Asashimo escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on Operation Ten-Go towards Okinawa. She was sunk on 7 April by aircraft of Task Force 58, of USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) after falling astern of the Yamato task force due to engine trouble, 150 miles (275 km) southwest of Nagasaki, and all of her 326 crew members lost their lives. The others, including Hamakaze, were sunk during the same attack, also by aircraft of San Jacinto, but several destroyers, such as Suzutsuki survived with heavy damage. Asashimo was sunk