Haruna

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Haruna was a Japanese Kongō-class fast battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during both World Wars and saw extensive action in the Pacific Theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy warship
Kongō-class fast battleship
armament 8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns
anti-aircraft guns
secondary 6-inch guns
torpedo tubes
builder Kawasaki Heavy Industries
surface form: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
builtAt Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe
surface form: Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
class Kongō-class battlecruiser
surface form: Kongō class
commissioned 1915-04-19
conflict World War I
World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement about 1,300 officers and men (WWII)
damagedAt Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Philippine Sea
damagedBy U.S. carrier aircraft
dateOfSinking 1945-07-28
displacement about 27,500 tons (standard, post-reconstruction)
fate sunk in shallow water at Kure by U.S. air attack
laidDown 1912-03-16
launched 1913-12-14
length about 222 meters
locationOfNamesake Gunma Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED
namedAfter Mount Haruna
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Solomon Islands campaign
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
propulsion steam turbines
reconstructedAs fast battleship
role escorted aircraft carriers in carrier task forces
shore bombardment
sawActionIn Pacific War
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
sisterShip Hiei
Kirishima
Kongō
sunkAt Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Kure, Japan
sunkBy U.S. carrier aircraft
theater Pacific Theater of Operations
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
topSpeed about 30 knots

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