Kongō

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HIJMS Kongo was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first superdreadnought class battle cruiser, and the name-ship of its class.


  • Kongo in a period of World War I

  • Photograph printed on a postal card. It was taken between 1925 and 1928.

  • Photograph taken between about 1925 and 1928.

  • View of the ship's starboard midsection, showing her masts, smokestacks, gunfire controls and other details.

  • A US ONI drawing showing the layout of the Kongo class.

  • 2 view drawing of IJN Kongo, showing her 1944 state of construction.

Views taken in 1929-1944[edit]

  • Off Amoy, China, in October 1938

  • Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by Task Force 38 planes, 20 June 1944. The battleship in the lower center is either Haruna or Kongo.

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