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Kiyoshimo

Class	Yugumo class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Uraga Dock Company
Launched	1944-02-29
Commissioned	1944-05-15
Fate	Sunk. Torpedoed after air attack, 26 December 1944
Armament (class)	Repeat of the Kagero. Three twin mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes.
Command	Miyazaki, Isamu Captain from 16 May 1944 Kajimoto, Shizuka Captain from 5 September 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Kiyoshimo was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built by the Uraga Dock Company. She was launched on 29 February 1944 and commissioned on 15 May 1944. Captain Isamu Miyazaki took command on 16 May 1944, the day after commissioning. On 5 September 1944, Captain Shizuka Kajimoto succeeded Miyazaki.

On 24 October 1944, in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, Kiyoshimo was damaged. In that battle she took off survivors. Her service ended on 26 December 1944. After an air attack she was torpedoed and sank.

From commissioning in mid-May to the December sinking, the destroyer served under two captains. Miyazaki had her from the day after commissioning until early September, and Kajimoto had her from then through the Sibuyan Sea and the loss that closed the year.

The pictures on this page are the originals.