Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
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| Completed: | 25 January 1943 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 20 July 1943 |
| Struck: | 15 October 1943 |
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| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Kiyonami (清波? "Shore Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 12 July 1943, Kiyonami was on a troop transport run to Kolombangara. In the Battle of Kolombangara, she contributed torpedoes to the spreads that sank USS Gwin (DD-433) and damaged USS Honolulu (CL-48) and USS St. Louis (CL-49).
On 20 July Kiyonami was on another troop transport run to Kolombangara. She was sunk by U.S. Army B-25s while rescuing the crew of Yugure, 42 miles (78 km) north-northwest of Kolombangara (). There were no survivors from among the entire combined Kiyonami and Yugure crews of 468 men.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tokiyoshi Arima - 28 December 1942 - 25 January 1943
Cmdr. Tokiyoshi Arima - 25 January 1943 - 20 July 1943 (KIA)
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