The Kongō-class battlecruiser (金剛型巡洋戦艦, Kongō-gata jun'yōsenkan) was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class, Kongō, was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan, by Vickers at Barrow-i. Kongō (金剛, named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built.
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Kongō class Fast Battleships (1912) Complete story of the four battlecruisers of WW1, IJN Kongo, Hiei, Haruna and Kirishima, rebuilt during the interwar and very active in WW2. Japanese ironclad Kongō Kongō (金剛, Kongō) was the lead ship of the Kongō -class ironclad corvettes built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1870s. The class was built in the United Kingdom because such ships could not yet be constructed in Japan. Britain's new capital ships render all of the Imperial Japanese Navy's (IJN) warships, both those operational and those under design, obsolete. 1910: Naval Expansion Bill:Tokyo. The IJN Kongo was first of a class of four-strong 26,230 ton battlecruisers for Japan and the last major Japanese warship to be built out of the country - the other three would be built in Japan.
Waldemar Góralski IJN Kongo in battle
The design of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Kongo class battle-cruisers originated from Great Britain. At first the new warships were to follow the Royal Navy (RN) Invincible class, but, impressed with the new RN Lion class, the IJN opted for an improved version of that design. Kongō's secondary battery featured 16 six-inch .50-caliber guns in single casemates, eight three-inch guns and an additional eight 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes.More firepower was added in 1929 when the cruiser was converted into a battleship, and by October 1944, the vessel's secondary armament featured eight six-inch guns, 122 Type 96 anti-aircraft rapid-fire cannons, and eight five. The Kongō-class battlecruiser (金剛型巡洋戦艦 Kongō-gata jun'yōsenkan?) was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan as the latter three were bui. They were designed by Britain's Sir George Thurston, and strongly influenced the design of the forthcoming Tiger-class battlecruisers. KongoKirishima discovered much to her cost at the hands of U.S.S. Washington off of Savo Island. Kongo: 1913 Hiei: 1914 Kirishima: 1915 Haruna: 1915 Displacement 36,601 tons 728'4" x 101'8" x 31'9"
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The mystery of the KONGO's loss essentially begins with the classic accounts of major works on the U.S. Submarine campaign like `Undersea Victory' by H.J. Holmes, Theodore Roscoe's `U.S. Submarine Operations in WW II', and the later and somewhat classic `Silent Victory' of Clay Blair. The Kongō-class battlecruisers included Kongō, Hiei, Kirishima, and Haruna. Laid down January 17, 1911 as the lead ship of the Kongō-class Battlecruiser. Launched May 18, 1912 as Kongō named after Mount Kongō meaning "Indestructible Diamond" in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. In English sources often spelled Kongo.
The Imperial Japanese Navy ship Hiei was found lying upside down on the sea floor about 2,952 feet below the surface, more than 76 years after sinking in waters northwest of Savo Island in the Solomon Islands chain, according to an Instagram release from the team aboard research vessel (R/V) Petrel. Japanese Imperial Navy Ship Hiei. The Kongo class, battle-cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, are today's subject.Read more about the Kongo class here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warship-201.
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The Loss of Battleship KONGO: As told in Chapter "November Woes" of "Total Eclipse: The Last Battles of the IJN - Leyte to Kure 1944 to 1945". @ Anthony P. Tully 1998 During the ongoing struggle to reinforce and preserve Suzuki's 35th Army on Leyte, the First Striking Force had spent all it's time hovering at Brunei Bay. IJN Kongo Class Battleship. Kongo, first of a class of four 26,230 ton battlecruisers, was built at Barrow-in-Furness, England.The last major Japanese warship to be constructed abroad, she was.
