Harusame (春雨, "Spring Rain")[2] was the sixth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and was built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the "Circle One" Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).

The late July, she transferred to Mergui via Singapore to join the Indian Ocean raiding force, but the operation was cancelled due to developments at Guadalcanal, and she returned to Truk on 21 August.

During the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 12–13 November 1942, Harusame claimed heavy damage to an Allied cruiser by her gunfire.

In January 1943, Harusame returned to Truk escorting the troopship Asama Maru, and continued to Wewak to resume transport operations to Kavieng.

On 8 June, while on an assignment to evacuate troops from Biak, she was attacked, and sunk, by USAAF B-25 bombers approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Manokwari, New Guinea at position 00°05′S 132°45′E / 0.083°S 132.750°E / -0.083; 132.750.