Java Sea and the Battle of Midway. During the Guadalcanal Campaign Murasame played a supporting role in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands and was sunk at the Battle of Blackett Strait. was squadron flagship of Captain Tameichi Hara through much of 1942-43, and became one of the most famous Japanese destroyers of the war. She survived numerous battles in the Solomons until she was torpedoed and sunk off the Gulf of Siam by the submarine in early 1945. List of ships References Notes Books OCLC 77257764 External links CombinedFleet.com: Shiratsuyu-class destroyers Destroyer classes World War II destroyers of Japan