Japanese destroyer Natsushio
Service
- as Natsushio? — 28 February 1942911 days of the war
- Name
- Natsushio
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
- Laid down
- 9 December 1937
- Launched
- 23 February 1939
- Struck
- 28 February 1942
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 9 February 1942
By torpedo (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,033 long tons (2,066 t)
- Length
- 118.5 m (388.8 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.8 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 239
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Natsushio was a Kagerō-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka on 9 December 1937. She was launched on 23 February 1939.
She was one of 19 ships of her class. The class followed the Asashio-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Yūgumo-class destroyer.
Displacement was 2,033 long tons. She measured 118.5 m (389 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 239.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 911 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 28 February 1942.
She was sunk on 9 February 1942 by torpedo, at 5°10′S 119°24′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 3 × Kampon water tube boilers
- 2 × Kanpon impulse turbines
- 2 × shafts, 52000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
- 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
- 18 depth charges
- 2 × paravanes
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Arashi
- Japanese destroyer Hagikaze
- Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Hatsukaze
- Japanese destroyer Hayashio
- Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Kagerō (1938)
- Japanese destroyer Kuroshio
- Japanese destroyer Maikaze
- Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Oyashio
- Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938)
- Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Natsushio on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown photographer for the IJN — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons