Japanese destroyer Kiyonami

Kiyonami (清波) 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 JAPANESE DESTROYER Yugure, 42 miles (78 km) north-northwest of Kolombangara (-7.21667°N, 156.75°W). There were no survivors from among the entire combined Kiyonami and Yugure crews of 468 men.