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Japanese destroyer Sagiri

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Sagiri (Japanese, Thin Fog) was a Fubuki class destroyer that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Sagiri was laid down by the Uraga Dock Co. on 28 March 1929, launched on 23 December of the same year, and commissioned on 31 January 1931. It was the sixth of the intermediate group of Fubuki class destroyers.

Sagiri was assigned to Destroyer Division 20 and took part in Imperial Japanese Navy combat maneuvers and the Sino-Japanese War during the 1930's.

On 8 December 1941, during World War II, Destroyer Division 20 provided covering fire for the Japanese landings at Singora, Thailand. On 17 December 1941, Sagiri, which was detached from Destroyer Division 20, took part in the Japanese landings at Miri in northern Borneo. On 23-24 December 1941, it participated in the invasion at Kuching, Sarawak. On 24 December 1941, Sagiri was steaming about 35 miles off Kuching when it was torpedoed by the Dutch submarine K XVI. Sagiri's torpedoes caught fire and exploded, sinking the ship with the loss of 121 of its crew.

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