Japanese ship Kuroshio

Last updated September 14, 2021

Four naval vessels of Japan have been named Kuroshio:

Japanese destroyer Kuroshio, a Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
JDS Kuroshio (SS-501), a submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1955
JDS Kuroshio (SS-570), an Uzushio-classsubmarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1974
JS Kuroshio (SS-596), an Oyashio-classsubmarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2002

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