Japanese destroyer Natsushio
Launching of Natsushio, 23 February 1939
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Natsushio |
Ordered | Fujinagata Shipyards |
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 by USS S-37 , 9 February 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
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 |
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Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 NM at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement | 239 |
Armament |
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Natsushio (夏潮, lit. “Summer Tide”)
Background
The Kagerō-class destroyers were outwardly almost identical to the preceding light cruiser-sized Asashio class, with improvements made by Japanese naval architects to improve stability and to take advantage of Japan’s lead in torpedo technology. They were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the United 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 the Pacific War.[3]
Natsushio, built at the Fujinagata Shipyards, was laid down on 9 December 1937, launched on 23 February 1939 and commissioned on 31 August 1940.[4]
Operational history
At 1800 hours on 23 June 1941, Natsushio collided with the destroyers Kuroshio and Minegumo in Bungo Channel.
At the time of the
In early 1942, Natsushio participated in the
See also
- List of ships of the Japanese Navy
Notes
- ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 52, 570;
- ^ Peattie & Evans, Kaigun .
- ^ Globalsecurity.org, IJN Kagero class destroyers
- ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Asashio class 1st class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ^ Allyn D. Nevitt (1998). "IJN Natsushio: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
- ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
Books
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X.
- Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
- Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Grenwitch: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. Atheneum. ISBN 0-689-11402-8.
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Watts, A.J. (1966). Japanese warships of World War II. Ian Allan. ISBN 0711002150.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
External links
- CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
- Natsushio history
- Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Kagero class destroyers".