Japanese destroyer Tade

History
Tade, 1933
Empire of Japan
Name	Tade
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka, Japan
Laid down	20 December 1920
Launched	15 March 1922
Completed	31 July 1922
Stricken	1 July 1943
Fate	Torpedoed South of Yonaguni (23.45N, 122.45E) by USS Seawolf 23 April 1943
General characteristics as built
Type	Momi-class destroyer
Displacement	864 t (850 long tons) (normal) 1,036 t (1,020 long tons) (deep load)
Length	83.8 m (275 ft) (pp) 85.3 m (280 ft) (o/a)
Beam	7.9 m (26 ft)
Draft	2.4 m (8 ft)
Installed power	21,500 shp (16,000 kW) 3 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Brown-Curtis steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	3 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 2 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

The Japanese destroyer Tade (蓼) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and was sunk south of Yonaguni at 23°27′N 122°27′E / 23.45°N 122.45°E / 23.45; 122.45 (Patrol Boat No. 39) by the United States Navy submarine USS Seawolf on 23 April 1943.