JS Kurobe (ATS-4202) is a training support ship of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
It is a ship for anti-aircraft shooting training support, and its main purpose is to launch and guide unmanned target aircraft.
On 24 June 1994 Kurobe was reorganized into the escort fleet as a ship under direct control.
On 26 March 2008 the 1st Maritime Training Support Corps was newly formed under the escort fleet and was incorporated together with JS Tenryū.
In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, the vessel departed for the disaster area, Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, to aid in disaster relief.