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DD Kuroshio
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Kagero | 1937/08/31 Fujinagata Osaka | 1938/10/25 | 1940/01/27 | 1943/05/08
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Black Current" ("černý proud") = Warm current from Japan across N. Pacific (teplý proud z Japonska napříč S. Pacifikem) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 2ndFlt/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | 99 | |||
| 41/12/06 | 41/12/08 | SoPhilGrp/SupGrp | strike Davao airfields | 99 | |
| 41/12/10 | 41/12/11 | SoPhilGrp/SupGrp | escort AM Icukushima laying mines in San Bernardino Strait | 99 | |
| 41/12/12 | SoPhilGrp/DavaoLandGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Legaspi | 99 | ||
| 41/12/20 | SoPhilGrp/DavaoLandGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Davao | 99 | ||
| 41/12/23 | SoPhilGrp/DavaoLandGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | damaged by strafing from B-17 off Davao | 99 85 | ||
| 41/12/25 | SoPhilGrp/DavaoLandGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Jolo | 99 | ||
| 42/01/10 | 42/03 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Java Seas | 99 | |
| 42/01/11 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Menado | 99 | ||
| 42/01/14 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Kendari | 99 | ||
| 42/01/31 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Ambon | 99 | ||
| 42/02/08 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Makassar - assisted torpedoed Nacushio, removed survivors | 99 | ||
| 42/02/20 | EEscFor/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | land Timor | 99 | ||
| 42/02/26 | 42/03/11 | ??RefGrp/DesDiv15?? | 2nd Tjilatjip raid - escort supply group supporting operations S of Java | 99 | |
| 42/03/05 | DesDiv15 | sinking/share(Ojashio) RN minelayer | 99 | ||
| 42/03/11 | 42/03/15 | Staring Bay, Celebes | 99 | ||
| 42/03/15 | 42/03/22 | DesDiv15 | escort Kaga from Staring Bay to Sasebo | 99 | |
| 42/04/1? | 42/04/28 | DesDiv15 | sail from to Formosa > Panay | 99 | |
| 42/04/18 | 42/04/22 | DesDiv15 | search (with BatDiv2) for TF 16 after Tokio raid | 99 | |
| 42/05/01 | 42/05/09 | DesDiv15 | land Cagayan Is. | 99 | |
| 42/05/10 | 42/05/12 | DesDiv15 | sail from Manila to pick up damaged Shokaku in Philippine Sea | 99 | |
| 42/05/12 | 42/05/17 | DesDiv15 | escort Shokaku from Philippine Sea to Kure | 99 | |
| 42/05/21 | 42/06/14? | C5/MidInvFor/TranGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | xMidway | ||
| 42/07/16 | 42/07/30 | DesDiv15 | escort Kumano and Suzuja from Kure to Singapore > Mergui for Indian Ocean raid (aborted due to Guad) | 99 | |
| 42/08/08 | 42/08/21 | DesDiv15 | escort Kumano and Suzuja from Mergui to Balikpapan > Solomons | 99 | |
| 42/08/21 | 42/08/25 | KI | AdvSupFor/Screen/DesDiv15 | xEasSol | 99 |
| 42/09 | DesDiv15 | escort fleet patrolling N of Solomons | 99 | ||
| 42/09/29 | 42/10/01 | DesDiv15 | sail from Truk to Kavieng, then escort Nisshin from Kavieng to Shortland | 99 | |
| 42/10/03 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/10/06 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/10/09 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/30 | SupFor/AirGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | ¨ | 99 104 | |
| 42/10/13 | 42/10/14 | SupFor/AirGrp/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | shell Guadalcanal | 99 | |
| 42/10/30 | 42/11/15 | Truk - repairs, then sail to Shortland | 99 | ||
| 42/11/20 | escort AP Kamo Maru to Munda | 99 | |||
| 42/11/27 | escort convoy to Munda | 99 | |||
| 42/11/30 | 42/12/01 | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | xTassaf | 99 | |
| 42/12/03 | TokioEx/DesRon2/TranGrp/DesDiv15 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/12/07 | TokioEx/DesRon2/DesDiv15 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/12/11 | TokioEx/DesRon2/TranGrp/DesDiv15 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/12/16 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Munda | 99 | ||
| 42/12/24 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Munda | 99 | ||
| 42/12/31? | 43/01/01 | DesDiv15 | sail from Rabaul to Shortland | 99 | |
| 43/01/02 | TokioEx/TranGrp/DesDiv15 | supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 43/01/10 | TokioEx/DesRon2/F,SF | led supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 43/02/01 | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/CovGrp | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal | 103 | |
| 43/02/04 | KE | TokioEx/EspGrp/CovGrp | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal - damaged by near misses | 103 | |
| 43/02/07 | TokioEx/CovGrp | troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 43/02/10 | 43/02/15 | sail from Shortland to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/02/16 | 43/02/21 | escort Dzunjo from Truk to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/02/21 | 43/04 | Kure - repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/04/04 | 43/04/10 | escort Cujo and Taijo from Japan to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/04/24 | 43/04/29 | DesDiv15 | sail from Truk to Rabaul > Buin | 99 | |
| 43/04/29 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Vila, Kolombangara | 99 | ||
| 43/05/03 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Vila | 99 | ||
| 43/05/07 | TokioEx/DesDiv15 | troop transport run to Vila - sunk(mine) in Blackett Strait - 83 KIA | 99 | ||