London Naval Treaty
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The London Naval Treaty, officially the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and the United States that was sig
Members of the United States delegation en route to the conference, January 1930
Menu and List of Official Toasts at formal dinner which opened the London Naval Conference of 1930
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald with the Japanese delegation
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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
London Naval Treaty
…to training ships United States Florida Utah either Wyoming or Arkansas United Kingdom Marlborough Benbow Emperor of India Tiger Iron Duke Japan - Hiei The treaty also established a distinction between cruisers armed with guns up to 6.1 in (155 mm) ("light cruisers" in unofficial parlance) from those…
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