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
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal took place from 12 to 15 November 1942 and was the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long G
Japanese battleship Hiei
…forces during the battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz Islands, before sailing as part of a bombardment force under Admiral Kondō during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the early hours of 13 November 1942, Hiei engaged American cruisers and destroyers alongside her sister ship Kirishima. After helping to sink the…
Smoke rises from two Japanese aircraft shot down off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942; ship at right is USS Betelgeuse.
Aerial view of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, late August 1942. The view looks northwest with the Lunga River and Lunga Point at the top of the image.
The aftermath of the "Betty" medium bomber crashing into the heavy cruiser San Francisco on 12 November 1942
Position of Japanese and U.S. ships at 01:45 on 13 November