Chronology of World War II
Saturday, November 11
Shimakaze
off Leyte
DD
Shimakaze
– off Leyte November 11, 1944 - Four destroyers —
Shimakaze, Wakatsuki, Hamanami
and
Naganami
— and three transports were sunk. Rear Admiral Mikio Hayakawa went down with
Shimakaze