Kongō (Japanese: 金剛, named after 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.

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...

The Kongō class (こんごう型護衛艦, Kongō-gata Goeikan) of guided-missile destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are equipped with the Aegis Combat System, and is the first of few ship classes outside the United States to have that capability.

2010年2月5日 · KONGO is the only IJN battleship sunk by a submarine during the war and the last battleship ever sunk by a submarine. 20 January 1945: Removed from the Navy List.

2018年8月8日 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the IJN Kongo Battlecruiser / Battleship Warship including pictures. The global defense reference actively compiled since 2003

2021年2月24日 · The Kongo class were the first and last IJN battlecruisers, studied from 1911. Due to the 1902 Anglo-Japanese naval alliance, Japan was the third country to embark on this new breed, and its lead ship, IJN Kongo, was also the last capital ship the Rising sun Empire ordered in the United Kingdom.

2022年9月1日 · In 1923, Kongō was used to transport Crown Prince (later Emperor) Hirohito to an official visit of Taiwan, and over the interwar period saw a number of upgrades. Starting in 1929, the Japanese Empire began transforming Kongō from a cruiser to a full-on battleship, completing the process six years later.

2001年7月16日 · All describe in fair detail how USS SEALION II made a spectacular ambush and successful attack on a Japanese fleet formation, firing two salvoes for three torpedo hits from the first and one hit from the second. The destroyer URAKAZE had been blown up and the KONGO damaged in these attacks.

2020年4月11日 · 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...

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 completed in August 1913. She was active during World War I and afterwards as …