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Ship
HIJMS Kirishima
Operated By Country
Japan
Unit Type
Ship
Depicted In Image
Unit: JAP, Kirishima
Ship Class Image
HIJMS Kongo Overhead HIJMS Kongo Superstructure Ship: JAP Kongo Unit: JAP, Haruna 1922 05 04 Unit: JAP, Haruna 1931 01 01 Unit: JAP, Hiei Unit: JAP, Hiei 1930 01 01 As Training Ship Unit: JAP, Kongo Unit: JAP, Kongo
Ship Class
HIJMS Kongo
Ship Type
Battleship
Ship Attribute
Retained By 1922 Treaty
Covered By Document
Nihon Kaigun
N
Served By Link
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kirishima.html
Document Reference Attribute
Tabular Record Of Movement
Posting Year
0.63yr
Flag
224 538
Posting Year
0.63yr
Posting Duration Year
0.68yr
Postings
2
Units
Operated By Country
Japan
Ships
Built By Shipbuilder
Laid Down YMD
Launch YMD
Commissioned YMD
Final YMD
On Slip
Fitting Out
Total Building
Life Year
Mitsubishi At Yokohama1912 Mar 171913 Dec 011915 Apr 191942 Nov 15624day504day1 128day27.58yr
Ships
Retained By Limitation
1922 Washington, Capital Ship - Japan
Postings
Posted To By Posting
End
Post Person
Duration Year
Rank
1941 08 15 Yamaguchi Jihei
1942 Apr 20Yamaguchi Jihei0.68yrCaptain
1942 04 20 Iwabuchi Sanji
1942 Nov 15Iwabuchi Sanji0.57yrCaptain
Activities
Involved In Activity
as
Depicted In Image
Details
1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour
N1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 During Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 Ship Positions Pearl Harbour 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 Smoke Pearl Harbour  
1942 06 03 0100 Battle Of Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands
N  
1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands
N 
Aim: To destroy Allied ships in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands before destroying US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal.
To prevent American attacks on a troop convoy to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Assignments
1)  Covered By Assignment
2) 1: End YMD
3) 1: Assign To Unit
4) 3: Covered By Assignment
5) 4: Assign To Unit
6) 1: Summary
1941-Aug-15 - IJN 3rd Battleship Division
1942 Jul 14IJN 3rd Battleship Division1941 Jan 01 - IJN 1st FleetIJN 1st Fleet
Or much earlier
1942 Jul 14 - IJN 2nd FleetIJN 2nd Fleet
1941-Aug-15 - IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1st Section
1942 Jul 14
IJN 3rd Battleship Division 1st Section
1942 Jul 10 - IJN 2nd FleetIJN 2nd Fleet
Or much earlier
1942 Jun 07 - IJN 5th FleetIJN 5th Fleet
1942-Jul-14 - IJN 11th Battleship Division
1942 Nov 15IJN 11th Battleship Division   
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