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Kiyokawa Maru was a seaplane tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy, built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard. Launched in December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line. On 28 September 1941 she was refitted as a seaplane tender after being requisitioned by the IJN for the war effort.

Kiyokawa Maru saw service in the Pacific Campaign of World War II and was attacked by aircraft from Task Force 38 on 20 July 1945. Hit by bombs and heavily damaged she was beached off Shida beach north of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi to avoid sinking. On 22 November 1945 during heavy weather, Kiyokawa Maru sank. Raised in December 1948, later repaired and put in civilian passenger service. Scrapped 1969.

This waterline kit (No. 01240) is listed for a mid February release and Aoshima has given a suggested retail price of 2600 yen ($21.70 US).

Aoshima was to release a waterline kit of the Kamikawa-Maru in late 2014 but has now apparently been pushed to January and both Aoshima kits are of ships of the same class (Kamikawa-Maru class) so time will tell if the Kiyokawa-Maru is just a repackaging or if it will have features to distinguish it from her sister ship.