Japanese battleship Hiei
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Hiei was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was the second launched of four Kongō-class battlecruiser
Hiei undergoing sea trials off Tsukugewan after a refit, 5 December 1939
Hiei's fitting out in Yokosuka, September 1913
Hiei departing Yokosuka for Kure Naval Base, 23 March 1914
Hiei in Sasebo after first reconstruction, 1926
USS San Francisco (CA-38)
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USS San Francisco, a New Orleans-class cruiser, was the second ship of three of the United States Navy named after the city of San Francisco, California. Commissioned in 1934, she was one of the most
Japanese battleship Hiei
…and the destroyer USS Monssen, damage numerous other warships, and help to kill two admirals, Hiei was crippled by shell hits from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco that jammed her rudder. Subjected to a daylight air attack from Henderson Field and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, she was scuttled on the evening…
San Francisco off the Mare Island Shipyard on 13 October 1944
San Francisco (center) after being hit by a Japanese plane in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942. Ship at left is President Jackson.
San Francisco off Adak Island in April 1943
San Francisco near Korea in 1945.