<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-HMAS Kuru kwakuyisikebhe sokuphatha esiyisizayo esasetshenziswa yiRoyal Australian Navy RAN phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Yakhiwa ngo-1938 yeNorthern Territory Patrol Service, iKuru yafunwa yiRAN kulandela isimemezelo sempi saseJapane ngoDisemba 1941. Lo mkhumbi wawusebenza eDarwin, futhi wawungomunye wemikhumbi eyayisetshenziselwa ukugcina amabutho ama-Allied eTimor ehlinzekwa kabusha kulandela  <response>: ukuhlasela kwamaJapane. I-Kuru yasebenza kwaze kwaba ngo-1943, lapho yonakaliswa kakhulu engozini. 