Japanese destroyer Kuroshio
Kuroshio being launched in October 1938
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 Empire of Japan
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| Name: | Kuroshio |
| Ordered: | Fujinagata Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1937 |
| Launched: | 28 October 1938 |
| Completed: | 1 January 1940 |
| Struck: | 23 June 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 8 May 1943 |
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| Class and type: | Kagerō-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard |
| Length: | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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| Speed: | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 NM at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 239 |
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Kuroshio (黒潮?) was the third vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru San Keikaku).
The Kagerō-class destroyers were outwardly almost identical to the preceding light cruiser-sized Asashio class, with improvements made by Japanese naval architects to improve stability and to take advantage of Japan’s lead in torpedo technology. They were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections. Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, only one survived the Pacific War.
Kuroshio, built at the Fujinagata Shipyards in Osaka, was laid down on 31 August 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 27 January 1940.
Shortly after commissioning, Kuroshio was assigned to participate in the 16th Annual Maneuvers of the Combined Fleet. On her return, at 1800 hours on 23 June 1941, she collided with the destroyers Natsushio and Minegumo in Bungo Channel resulting in a month of repairs at Kure Naval Arsenal.
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