Japanese destroyer Natsushio

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Fate: Sunk in action,
9 February 1942
Struck: 28 February 1942
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,490 tons
Length: 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m)
Beam: 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draft: 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 240
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Natsushio (夏潮? "Summer Tide") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 9 February 1942, Natsushio was torpedoed by the submarine USS S-37. She sank on 22 miles (40 km) south of Makassar, Celebes ( 05°10′S, 119°24′E). She was the first Japanese destroyer to fall victim to U.S. submarines during the war.


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Kagero-class destroyer

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