Several ships have been named Kusunoki or Kusu(楠 or くす, "camphor tree") :
Cinnamomum camphora is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel.
- Japanese destroyer Kusunoki (1915), a Kaba-classdestroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I
- Japanese destroyer Kusunoki (1945), a Tachibana-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- JDS Kusu (PF-281), the lead ship of her class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Ogden (PF-39)
- Kusu-class patrol frigate, a class of destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Tacoma-class frigate
The Tacoma class of patrol frigates served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Originally classified as a gunboat (PG), they were reclassified as a patrol frigate (PF) on 15 April 1943. The class is named for its lead ship, Tacoma, a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) S2-S2-AQ1 design, which in turn was named for the city of Tacoma, Washington. Twenty-one ships were transferred to the British Royal Navy, in which they were known as Colony-class frigates, and twenty-eight ships were transferred under Lend-Lease to the Soviet Navy, where they were designated as a storozhevoi korabl, during World War II. All Tacoma-class ships in US service during World War II were manned by United States Coast Guard crews. Tacoma-class ships were transferred to the United States Coast Guard and various navies post-World War II.
The Kaba-class destroyers were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Each was named after a variety of tree.
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN.
The Matsu-class destroyers were a class of destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late stages of World War II. The class was also designated the Type-D Destroyer. Although sometimes termed Destroyer escorts, they were larger and more capable than contemporary United States Navy destroyer escorts or the Imperial Japanese Navy kaibokan vessels.
