Japanese battleship Kongō
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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. He
Kongō on sea trials, off the coast of Tateyama, 14 November 1936
Kongō on the ways at Barrow, showing two of the propellers and the port rudder, Scientific American, 1913
Kongō on full power trials 8 May 1913
Japanese battlecruiser Kongo as first built
Kongō-class battlecruiser
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The Kongō-class battlecruiser was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship
Japanese battleship Kongō
…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. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911…
A 14-inch gun being installed aboard Haruna, October 1914
Kongō following her first reconstruction
Hiei in 1933, as a training ship