3rd ship of Kagerou class destroyerKuroshio is built in Fuji Nagata shipyard, a civilian shipyard in Osaka.
She's assigned to the 15th Destroyer Division (Oyashio, Kagerou, Hayashio) and operates in many places.Attack on Phillipines, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, and many other battles.On April 1942, she spotted B-25 bombers returning from the Doolittle Raid. Although without any result, she did open fire.Kuroshio is tasked in the first and third supply and personnel transport shipment from Munda to Kolombangara.
But because they always used the same route, their move are predictable and she's set up on the route with torpedoes.Unlike that light carrier, her gentle Kansai-ben is refreshingDuring her fifth transport mission with Oyashio and Kagerou, Oyashio is struck by torpedo. Kuroshio and Kagerou launched depth charges, but eventually Kagerou is sunk by torpedo and Kuroshio followed after.ASW alert!Fleet support
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Kuroshio is built in Fuji Nagata shipyard, a civilian shipyard in Osaka.
She's assigned to the 15th Destroyer Division (Oyashio, Kagerou, Hayashio) and operates in many places.
Attack on Phillipines, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, and many other battles.
On April 1942, she spotted B-25 bombers returning from the Doolittle Raid. Although without any result, she did open fire.
Kuroshio is tasked in the first and third supply and personnel transport shipment from Munda to Kolombangara.
But because they always used the same route, their move are predictable and she's set up on the route with torpedoes.
Unlike that light carrier, her gentle Kansai-ben is refreshing
During her fifth transport mission with Oyashio and Kagerou, Oyashio is struck by torpedo. Kuroshio and Kagerou launched depth charges, but eventually Kagerou is sunk by torpedo and Kuroshio followed after.
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