was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 during World War II.

In July 1943 Kunashiri participated in the Japanese operation Operation "KE" - The Evacuation of Kiska. During the war Kunashiri operated mostly in the Kuriles and Hokkaido area escorting various convoys. On July 28, 1944 she was reported "damaged" by unknown cause-USS Tambor{?}. After the end of World War II Kunashiri returned to Sasebo and was later used by the Allied Repatriation Service. On 4 June 1946 while en route to Uragi the vessel ran aground and was later abandoned. In attempts to rescue her, the also ran aground, while at the same time, she too was repatriating Japanese troops from Singapore.