Japanese destroyer Kuroshio
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| Launched: 25 October 1938 | |
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| Fate: | Sunk, 8 May 1943 |
| Struck: | 20 June 1943 |
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| 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 |
Kuroshio (黒潮?) was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for the Kuroshio Current, the "Black Stream".
On the night of 7–8 May 1943, while on a troop transport run to Kolombangara, she struck mines when leaving Vila (Kolombangara), and sank ().
Commanding Officers
Cmdr. Jiro Okamoto - 1 January 1940 - 15 November 1940
Cmdr. Shinichirou Maeda - 15 November 1940 - 10 September 1941
Cmdr. Tamaki Ugaki - 10 September 1941 - 10 November 1942
Cmdr. Hajime Takeuchi - 10 November 1942 - 23 February 1943
Cmdr. Nagahide Sugitani - 23 February 1943 - 8 May 1943
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