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Kuroshio

Class	Kagero class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards
Launched	1938-10-25
Commissioned	1940-01-27
Fate	Sunk. Mined leaving Vila, Kolombangara (New Georgia Campaign), 8 May 1943
Armament (class)	Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two quadruple banks of tubes.
Command	Maekawa, Shinchiro Captain from 15 November 1940 Ugaki, Tamaki Captain from 10 September 1941 Sugitani, Nagahide Captain from 23 February 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Kuroshio was a destroyer of the Kagero class in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fujinagata Shipyards built her. She was launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 27 January 1940.

Shinchiro Maekawa became her captain on 15 November 1940. He remained in command until 10 September 1941, when Tamaki Ugaki succeeded him.

Ugaki was still captain when Kuroshio took part in the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. In that battle she was in the supply line.

Nagahide Sugitani took command on 23 February 1943. He was her captain through the last weeks of her service.

On 8 May 1943, during the New Georgia Campaign, Kuroshio was mined while leaving Vila, Kolombangara. The mining sank her.

The pictures on this page are the originals.