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Kuwa

Class	Matsu class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards
Launched	1944-05-25
Commissioned	1944-07-15
Fate	Sunk. 3 December 1944 in Ormoc Bay, by American destroyer gunfire. Not credited to one ship.
Armament (class)	Simplified escort destroyer. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Yamashita, Masamichi Commanding officer from 25 July 1944; Promoted from lieutenant commander on 15 October 1944; in command when she was sunk

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.

The pictures on this page are the originals.