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Kiyonami

IJN Kiyonami

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassYūgumo
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns

Fought at Kolombangara. Sunk with all hands by US aircraft off Kolombangara a week later, on 20 July 1943, with Yūgure.

Japanese destroyer Kiyonami anchored in Rabaul. This is believed to be the only known picutre of the ship Photo: 同盟通信社小沢哲郎, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
  • up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down5 October 1941
Launched17 August 1942
Displacement2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length119.15 m (390 ft 11 in)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement228

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

17 August 1942

12–13 July 1943