this Thursday we see Battlecruiser IJN Kongo as she originally was and also later after she was converted to a Battleship. Kongo was the last IJN vessel to be built outside of Japan. she was built at Vickers in England. with a main battery of eight 14" rifles she was the most powerful warship in the world when launched in 1912. during WW1 Kongo operated off the Chinese coast. after the war she was used as a Battlecruiser but between 1929-35 was upgraded to a Battleship by the addition of armour, a new superstructure, new turbines and somewhat different secondary armament. after this she was rated as a fast Battleship and could keep up with the carrier fleet. Kongo was now capable of a top speed of a little over 30kts. she was 738ft. long and displaced 36,600t. Kongo took part in many of WW2's major Pacific sea actions. IJN Kongo was sunk by the USS Sealion II{a submarine} on 21 November in the Formosa Strait. she was the last of the world's Battleships to be sunk by hostile action and went down with 1200 of her crew, her captain and the Commander of the Third Battleship Division IJN
first picture is IJN Kongo running sea trials as a Battlecruiser she is traveling at or close to flank speed. she originally had 3 funnels and they are all pouring out smoke as she speeds along. second is a painting of Kongo{by Takeshi Yuki who fought in WW2 himself} at sea as a Battleship. third is a photo of same{notice as a Battleship she only has 2 funnels now} and last is a picture of Kongo evading bombs being dropped by the USN.
this Thursday we see Battlecruiser IJN Kongo as she originally was and also later after she was converted to a Battleship. Kongo was the last IJN vessel to be built outside of Japan. she was built at Vickers in England. with a main battery of eight 14" rifles she was the most powerful warship in the world when launched in 1912. during WW1 Kongo operated off the Chinese coast. after the war she was used as a Battlecruiser but between 1929-35 was upgraded to a Battleship by the addition of armour, a new superstructure, new turbines and somewhat different secondary armament. after this she was rated as a fast Battleship and could keep up with the carrier fleet. Kongo was now capable of a top speed of a little over 30kts. she was 738ft. long and displaced 36,600t. Kongo took part in many of WW2's major Pacific sea actions. IJN Kongo was sunk by the USS Sealion II{a submarine} on 21 November in the Formosa Strait. she was the last of the world's Battleships to be sunk by hostile action and went down with 1200 of her crew, her captain and the Commander of the Third Battleship Division IJN
first picture is IJN Kongo running sea trials as a Battlecruiser she is traveling at or close to flank speed. she originally had 3 funnels and they are all pouring out smoke as she speeds along. second is a painting of Kongo{by Takeshi Yuki who fought in WW2 himself} at sea as a Battleship. third is a photo of same{notice as a Battleship she only has 2 funnels now} and last is a picture of Kongo evading bombs being dropped by the USN.
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