Launching ofNatsushio, 23 February 1939
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Natsushio
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards,Osaka
Laid down	9 December 1937
Launched	23 February 1939
Completed	31 August 1940
Stricken	28 February 1942
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 9 February 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	Kagerō-classdestroyer
Displacement	2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length	118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	3 × Kampon water tube boilers 2 × Kanpon impulse turbines 2 × shafts, 52,000 shp (39 MW)
Speed	35.5knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Range	5,000 NM at 18knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	239
Armament	6 ×12.7 cm/50 Type 3DP guns 2 ×Type 96 25 mm AA guns 8 × 610 mm (24 in)torpedo tubes 18depth charges 2 ×paravanes

Natsushio (夏潮,lit. "Summer Tide")^[1] was the sixth vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vesselKagerō-classdestroyers built for theImperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under theCircle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru San Keikaku).

TheKagerō-class destroyers were outwardly almost identical to the precedinglight cruiser-sizedAsashio class, with improvements made by Japanese naval architects to improve stability and to take advantage of Japan's lead intorpedo technology. They were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against theUnited States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections.^[2] Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, only one survived thePacific War.^[3]

Natsushio, built at theFujinagata Shipyards, was laid down on 9 December 1937, launched on 23 February 1939 and commissioned on 31 August 1940.^[4]

At 1800 hours on 23 June 1941,Natsushio collided with the destroyersKuroshio andMinegumo inBungo Channel.

At the time of theattack on Pearl Harbor,Natsushio, was assigned to Destroyer Division 15 (Desdiv 15), and a member of Destroyer Squadron 2 (Desron 2) of theIJN 2nd Fleet, and had deployed fromPalau, as part of the escort for theaircraft carrierRyūjō in theinvasion of the southern Philippines andminelayerYaeyama.^[5]

In early 1942,Natsushio participated in theinvasion of the Netherlands East Indies, escorting the invasion forces forMenado,Kendari andAmbon in January. During the invasion ofMakassar on 8–9 February,Natsushio was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarineUSS S-37 and sank approximately 22 miles (35 km) south of Makassar at coordinates (05°10′S119°24′E / 5.167°S 119.400°E /-5.167; 119.400). Ten crewmen were killed in the attack, and the survivors were rescued by hersister shipKuroshio.Natsushio was removed from thenavy list on 28 February 1942.^[6] She was the first Japanese destroyer to fall victim to U.S. submarines during the war, the first of her class to be sunk and the only Kagero-class destroyer to not partake in theBattle of Midway.

• List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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• CombinedFleet.com:Kagero-class destroyers
• Natsushio history
• "IJN Kagero class destroyers". GlobalSecurity.org.

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