Kuri at anchor, 1937
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Kuri |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, Japan |
Laid down | 5 December 1919 |
Launched | 19 March 1920 |
Completed | 30 April 1920 |
Stricken | 25 October 1945 |
Fate | Surrendered, struck a mine off of Pusan, Korea 8 October 1945 |
General characteristics as built | |
Type | Momi-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
Armament |
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The Japanese destroyer Kuri (栗) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She struck a mine off of Pusan, Korea, in October 1945 and was subsequently stricken from the naval list.