"Tatsuta" was laid down on 24 July 1917 and completed at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 31 March 1919. Prior to World War II, she participated in the Siberian Intervention, and supported the landings of Japanese troops along the China coast. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Wake Island and the invasions of the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Tulagi, and the Battle of Savo Island and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. She was retained in Japanese home waters for most of 1943 on training duties. She was sunk while bound for Saipan by , NNE of Hachijōjima on 13 March 1944. "Tatsuta" was struck on 10 May 1944.