| Japanese destroyer Kiyonami | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | Kiyonami |
| Completed: | 25 January 1943 |
| Struck: | 15 October 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 20 July 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) |
| Length: | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm (0.51 in) AA guns • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes • 36 depth charges |
Kiyonami (清波, "Pure Wave") was a Yūgumo-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 (07°13′S 156°45′E / 7.217°S 156.75°E). There were no survivors from among the entire combined Kiyonami and Yugure crews of 468 men.
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