Japanese battlecruiser Kongō

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Japanese battlecruiser Kongō was a World War I–era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that later served extensively in World War II after being modernized into a fast battleship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlecruiser ⓘ
fast battleship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament 8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns in four twin turrets ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns (various calibers, after modernization) ⓘ
secondary battery of 6-inch (152 mm) guns (as built) ⓘ
torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ
builder Vickers Limited ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
causeOfSinking torpedoed by U.S. Navy submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) ⓘ
commissioned 1913-08-16 ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
constructionSite Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement about 1,200–1,300 officers and men (varied over career) ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1944-11-21 ⓘ
displacement about 27,500 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ
over 32,000 tons (full load, as modernized) ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
laidDown 1911-01-17 ⓘ
launched 1912-05-18 ⓘ
length about 222 meters overall (as modernized) ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 27.5 knots (as built) ⓘ
about 30 knots (after modernization) ⓘ
modernizationPeriod 1920s–1930s ⓘ
modernizedTo fast battleship ⓘ
namesake Mount Kongō ⓘ
notableFeature among the fastest capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy after modernization ⓘ
first Japanese capital ship built outside Japan ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor (as part of supporting forces in the opening phase of the Pacific War) ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway (support operations) ⓘ
linked to: Midway operation

Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
Indian Ocean raid (1942) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean raid

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (support/related operations) ⓘ
placeOfSinking Taiwan Strait ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
role escort for aircraft carriers ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ
shipClass Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
sisterShip Haruna ⓘ
Hiei ⓘ
Kirishima ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ

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Kongō-class battlecruiser → firstShipLaunched → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
Japanese battleship Hiei → sisterShip → Japanese battleship Kongō ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battlecruiser Kongō
Japanese Center Force → component → battleship Kongō ⓘ
linked to: Japanese battlecruiser Kongō
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna → sisterShip → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima → sisterShip → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
USS Heermann (DD-532) → facedOpponent → Japanese battleship Kongō ⓘ
subject linked to: destroyer USS Heermann
linked to: Japanese battlecruiser Kongō