Japanese battlecruiser Kongō

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battlecruiser fast battleship warship

Japanese battlecruiser Kongō was a World War I–era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that later served extensively in World War II after being modernized into a fast battleship.

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Label	Occurrences
Japanese battlecruiser Kongō canonical	1
Japanese battleship Kongō	1
battleship Kongō	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battlecruiser ⓘ fast battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ
armament	8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns in four twin turrets ⓘ anti-aircraft guns (various calibers, after modernization) ⓘ secondary battery of 6-inch (152 mm) guns (as built) ⓘ torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ
builder	Vickers Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfSinking	torpedoed by U.S. Navy submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) ⓘ
commissioned	1913-08-16 ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
constructionSite	Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	about 1,200–1,300 officers and men (varied over career) ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1944-11-21 ⓘ
displacement	about 27,500 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ over 32,000 tons (full load, as modernized) ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
laidDown	1911-01-17 ⓘ
launched	1912-05-18 ⓘ
length	about 222 meters overall (as modernized) ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 27.5 knots (as built) ⓘ about 30 knots (after modernization) ⓘ
modernizationPeriod	1920s–1930s ⓘ
modernizedTo	fast battleship ⓘ
namesake	Mount Kongō NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	among the fastest capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy after modernization ⓘ first Japanese capital ship built outside Japan ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor (as part of supporting forces in the opening phase of the Pacific War) ⓘ Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Midway (support operations) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean raid (1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (support/related operations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfSinking	Taiwan Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
role	escort for aircraft carriers ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ
shipClass	Kongō-class battlecruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterShip	Haruna NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiei NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirishima NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kongō-class battlecruiser → firstShipLaunched → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ

Japanese battleship Hiei → sisterShip → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese battleship Kongō

Japanese Center Force → component → Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ

this entity surface form: battleship Kongō