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* Hatsushimo took part in Operation Ten-Gō, Yamato's final mission, and took even less damage during it than Yukikaze, emerging unscathed with two sailors injured. [http://www.geocities.jp/mineku_atoti/miyamoto_siryo/PF2_hatusimo/hatusimo_akatonbo_pf2.html#kantyo-sakawa By contrast she rescued nearly 2,400 people according to a later interview with her captain at the time.]

* Hatsushimo took part in Operation Ten-Gō, Yamato's final mission, and took even less damage during it than Yukikaze, emerging unscathed with two sailors injured. [http://www.geocities.jp/mineku_atoti/miyamoto_siryo/PF2_hatusimo/hatusimo_akatonbo_pf2.html#kantyo-sakawa By contrast she rescued nearly 2,400 people according to a later interview with her captain at the time.]

*Her name means "first frost of the year", often associated with the month November.

*Her name means "first frost of the year", often associated with the month November.

* An anchor was retrieved from her wreckage and is currently [https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.700884,139.801128,3a,21.7y,313.85h,84.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sobK61pe4i2PmS8lC2v0DoQ!2e0 displayed outside of the Yamada Memorial Hospital (Google Maps Street View)] in Sumida City, Tokyo. Interestingly, Yukikaze met a similar fate (memorialised via anchor, along with her rudder) after failed attempts to bring her full self back to Japan to be preserved as a museum ship.

* An anchor was retrieved from her wreckage and is currently [https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.700884,139.801128,3a,21.7y,313.85h,84.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sobK61pe4i2PmS8lC2v0DoQ!2e0 displayed outside of the Yamada Memorial Hospital (Google Maps Street View)] in Sumida City, Tokyo. Dr. Masaaki Yamada, the founder of the hospital, was a ship's doctor of Hatsushimo. Interestingly, Yukikaze met a similar fate (memorialised via anchor, along with her rudder) after failed attempts to bring her full self back to Japan to be preserved as a museum ship.

* The hachimaki is a likely reference to her communication officer's recollection of Hatsushimo's crew at the moment Yamato sank, as described in Abe Saburou's book 特攻大和艦隊 (Tokkou Yamato Kantai, lit. Yamato Suicide Fleet): "Even now, officer Matsui remembers clearly the faces of the hachimaki-donning troops, watching [her go down] with bitter expressions."

* The hachimaki is a likely reference to her communication officer's recollection of Hatsushimo's crew at the moment Yamato sank, as described in Abe Saburou's book 特攻大和艦隊 (Tokkou Yamato Kantai, lit. Yamato Suicide Fleet): "Even now, officer Matsui remembers clearly the faces of the hachimaki-donning troops, watching [her go down] with bitter expressions."

** The hachimaki's stripes are a reference to the famous Second Torpedo Squadron. Hatsushimo was not originally a member, but out of necessity and a general lack of ships, joined their ranks at the end of the war. The Second Torpedo Squadron was officially dissolved in a ceremony on her deck, on 20 April 1945.

** The hachimaki's stripes are a reference to the famous Second Torpedo Squadron. Hatsushimo was not originally a member, but out of necessity and a general lack of ships, joined their ranks at the end of the war. The Second Torpedo Squadron was officially dissolved in a ceremony on her deck, on 20 April 1945.