All four participated in the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal. Hiei and Kirishima acted as escorts during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while Kongō and Haruna supported the invasion of Singapore. They were the most active capital ships of the Japanese Navy during World War II, participating in most major engagements of the war. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kong class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built, and the last capital ship to be built outside Japan. Following the completion of these modifications, which increased top speeds to over 30 knots (56 km/h 35 mph), all four were reclassified as fast battleships. Kong (, 'Indestructible', named for Mount Kong) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II.
The design of the Kongō-class battlecruisers came about as a result of the IJN's modernization programs, as well as the perceived need to compete with the British Royal Navy.įollowing Japan's withdrawal from the London Naval Treaty, all four underwent a massive second reconstruction in the late 1930s. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan, by Vickers.
Developed by Kadokawa Games and released on April 23, 2013. The Kongō-class Battlecruiser (金剛型巡洋戦艦) were built before WW1. Kantai Collection, also known as KanColle, is an online browser game in which one assumes the role of an admiral, assembles a fleet of kanmusu ('ship girls' based on World War II-era ships and submarines), and battles against fleets of unknown warships.
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