Ship Class: HIJMS Kongo

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Ship Class	HIJMS Kongo


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Ship	HIJMS Haruna HIJMS Hiei HIJMS Kirishima HIJMS Kongo
Ship Type	Battleship
Battleship Type	Battle Cruiser
Battleship Generation	Unobstructed

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1911 Jan 17	1945 Jul 28

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	29 330ton	214.6m	28.9m	8.7m	1 100	4 400

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers	Boiler Pressure
	4	64 000hp	27.54kt	Steam Turbine	10	205psi

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Improved In Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement
	Thurston Sir George	HIJMS Fuso	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1:Armour Kind	7) 1: As Built Armour	8) 1: Installed With Sensor	9) 8:	10) 9: Summary	11) 9: Number Fitted	12) 9: Control Armament
	Aircraft 3 x				Krupp	10.5in Conning Tower \| 8in Belt \| 2.76in Deck \| 9in Turret \| 10in Barbette	JPN Director Type 94 Model 1 Low Angle		During modernisation.	2	HIJMS Kongo Gun 4 X JPN 14in 36cm 45cal 41st Type Twin
	Gun 4 X JPN 14in 36cm 45cal 41st Type Twin	JPN 14in 36cm 45cal 41st Type Twin					JPN Target Motion Calculator Type 92		During modernisation.
	Gun 16 X JPN 6in 15.2cm 50cal Type 41 Casemate	JPN 6in 15.2cm 50cal Type 41 Casemate
	Gun 16 X JPN 3in 8cm 40cal Type 41 Single	JPN 3in 8cm 40cal Type 41 Single
	Gun 3 X JPN 3in 8cm 3 Nendo Shiki HA Single	JPN 3in 8cm 3 Nendo Shiki HA Single
	Torpedo 2 X JPN 21in 6 Nendo Shiki 1917			JPN 21in 6 Nendo Shiki 1917

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	4	Kawasaki At Kobe Mitsubishi At Yokohama Vickers At Barrow Yokosuka Dockyard

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1929 Germany Japan 1905 1945 United States Japan 1906 1929 Japan France 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase 1942 06 03 0100 Battle Of Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands 1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands 1942 Oct 14 Japanese Attack Bombardment Lunga Point Guadalcanal	1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Haruna - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Haruna - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 2nd Section 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Hiei - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Hiei - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1st Section 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Kirishima - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Kirishima - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1st Section 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Kongo - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1941-Aug-15 HIJMS Kongo - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 2nd Section 1942-Jul-14 HIJMS Hiei - IJN 11th Battleship Division 1942-Jul-14 HIJMS Kirishima - IJN 11th Battleship Division 1945-Feb-10 HIJMS Haruna - Kure 1945-Jan-01 HIJMS Haruna - IJN 1st Battleship Division

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Battleships Of World War Two	[More]	179	N
Jane's Battleships Of The 20th Century	[More]	70	N
Jane's Fighting Ships Of World War I	[More]	165	N

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