初シリーズ
第二次世界大戦中の大日本帝国戦艦十二隻
金剛、比叡、榛名、霧島、長門、陸奥、扶桑、山城、伊勢、日向、大和、武蔵を軽く紹介していきます
first series
Twelve Imperial Japanese battleships during World War II
We will briefly introduce Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima, Nagato, Mutsu, Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, Hyuga, Yamato, and Musashi.
初シリーズ
第二次世界大戦中ノ大日本帝国戦艦十二隻
金剛、比叡、榛名、霧島、長門、陸奥、扶桑、山城、伊勢、日向、大和、武蔵ヲ軽ク紹介シテイキマス
during World War II A brief introduction to the 12 Japanese battleshi ps Part 1
Hello | My name is Kouryo Asahi.
This is my first time here, but I would like to briefly introduce the final moments of the 12 battleships owned by the Empire of Japan.
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Kongo
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| Kongo was completed on August 16, 1913. It was the last capital ship commissioned by the British for the Imperial Japanese Empire, and the only foreign-made battleship used in the Pacific War.
In terms of performance
The final displacement was 31,720 tons.
Total length is 219.4m
Maximum width is 31.0m
4 propulsion steam turbines, 4 shafts 136,000 horsepower
Speed is 30.3kt
Cruising range is 9,800 miles at 18kt
weapons
4 x 35.6cm 45 caliber twin guns
Eight 15.2cm 50 caliber single guns
6 x 12.7cm twin high-angle guns
18 25mm triples
8 parallel units
30 single guns
(Machine gun is estimated)
armor
Side: 8in (203.2mm)-3in (76.2mm) [11]
Deck: 2.25in(57.2mm)-2.63in(66.8mm)[11]
Turret: 10in(254mm)-9in(228.6mm)[11]
Control tower: 10in (254mm) [11]
Ammunition powder storage deck 70mm + 102mm
Water line 203mm or 203mm+102mm
On November 21, 1944, she not only served as a high-speed battleship for aircraft carrier defense, but also served as the flagship of the Combined Fleet twice. While returning from the Battle of Samar Gulf in the Taiwan Strait at 3:06 a.m., she was torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine Sea Lion, and two of her six torpedoes hit Kongo's port side, and at 5:30 a.m. she sank north of Keelung.