Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
Service
- as Kiyonami? — 15 October 19431,505 days of the war
- Name
- Kiyonami
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1939
- Laid down
- 5 October 1941
- Launched
- 17 August 1942
- Struck
- 15 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk in action, 20 July 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
- Length
- 119.15 m (390.9 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 228
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Kiyonami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 5 October 1941. She was launched on 17 August 1942.
She was one of 19 ships of her class. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).
Displacement was 2,520 long tons. She measured 119.2 m (391 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 228.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,505 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 October 1943.
She was sunk on 20 July 1943, at 7°13′S 156°45′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 127 mm/50 caliber DP guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- up to 4 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akishimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kishinami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
- Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Kiyonami on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: 同盟通信社小沢哲郎 — Cropped from a larger image already uploaded to Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons