Kiyoshimo 1944 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kiyoshimo |
| Launched: | 29 February 1944 |
| Completed: | 16 May 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 February 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 26 December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 |
Kiyoshimo (清霜, "Clear Frost") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 26 December 1944, then with San Jose bombardment force, Kiyoshimo was crippled by two direct bomb hits in attacks by U.S. Army bombers during approach to Mindoro, Philippines, then was finished off by a torpedo from U.S. PT-223, 145 miles (270 km) south of Manila (); 82 were killed and 74 injured. Asashimo rescued 169 survivors, including ComDesDiv 2 (Captain Shiraishi Nagayoshi) and Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto; U.S. PT boats rescued five others.
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