Kongō-class battlecruiser

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship class battlecruiser class warship class

The Kongō-class battlecruiser was a group of fast, heavily armed Imperial Japanese Navy capital ships built in the early 20th century that served prominently in both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Kongō-class battlecruiser canonical 3
Kongō-class battleship 2
Kongō class 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship class ⓘ
battlecruiser class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
antiAircraftArmament multiple 5-inch and smaller AA guns ⓘ
armorType belt armor ⓘ
deck armor ⓘ
turret armor ⓘ
completedByYear 1915 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1911 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
designedAs battlecruiser ⓘ
designedSpeed 27.5 knots ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 32000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 27000 tons ⓘ
fate all four ships lost during World War II ⓘ
firstShipLaunched Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
firstShipLaunchYear 1912 ⓘ
hasMember Japanese battlecruiser Haruna ⓘ
Japanese battleship Hiei ⓘ
surface form: Japanese battlecruiser Hiei

Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima ⓘ
Japanese battlecruiser Kongō ⓘ
influencedBy British battlecruiser design ⓘ
laterReclassifiedAs fast battleship ⓘ
lengthOverall about 222 meters ⓘ
mainArmament 8 × 14-inch guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 4 twin turrets ⓘ
modernizationPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
navalArchitect George Thurston ⓘ
navalDoctrineContext Japanese fast battleship doctrine ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
numberBuilt 4 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
otherBuilders Kawasaki Heavy Industries ⓘ
surface form: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
precededBy Satsuma-class battleship ⓘ
primaryBuilder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
surface form: Vickers Limited
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleInWWII fast battleship escort for carrier task forces ⓘ
surface action ship ⓘ
secondaryArmament 6-inch guns ⓘ
speedAfterModernization 30 knots ⓘ
succeededBy Fusō-class battleship ⓘ
usedInWar World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Amagi-class battlecruiser → precededBy → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi → contemporaryWith → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
Japanese battlecruiser Amagi → designedSuccessorOf → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
Japanese battleship Hiei → shipClass → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongō-class battleship
Kongō → class → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongō-class battleship
Haruna → class → Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongō class