Description: WARSHIP PROFILE 12 IJN KONGO WW2 IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY BATTLESHIP 1912-1944 WARSHIP PROFILE 12 IJN KONGO WW2 IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY BATTLESHIP 1912-1944 COLOR PROFILE TWO-VIEW CENTERFOLD ARMOURED CRUISERS AFTER 1905 BUILDING PLANS THE BIG GUN RACE KONGO CHARACTERISTICS, PROTECTION, MACHINERY, MAIN ARMAMANET, SECONDARY ARMAMENT, RIGGING, CONSTRUCTION, LAUNCHING DAY, FUNNEL SMOKE & FUMES, FIRST RECONSTRUCTION, UNDERWATER PROTECTION, MACHINERY, FIRE CONTROL AND SPOTTING, NEW TACTICS, SECOND RECONSTRUCTION, NEW MACHINERY AND NEW HULL SHAPE, DAMAGE CONTROL, ACTIVITIES DURING WW12 HMS PRINCE OF WALES AND HMS REPULSE PEARL HARBOR THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY GUADALCANAL ISLAND BATTLE OF THE SOLOMONS BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF BATTLE OF SAMAR KONGO SISTER SHIPS: IJN HIEI, IJN HARUNA & IJN KIRISHIMA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA: KONG�, "INDESTRUCTIBLE", NAMED FOR MOUNT KONG�) WAS A WARSHIP OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS THE FIRST BATTLECRUISER OF THE KONG� CLASS, AMONG THE MOST HEAVILY ARMED SHIPS IN ANY NAVY WHEN BUILT. HER DESIGNER WAS THE BRITISH NAVAL ENGINEER GEORGE THURSTON, AND SHE WAS LAID DOWN IN 1911 AT BARROW-IN-FURNESS IN BRITAIN BY VICKERS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. KONG� WAS THE LAST JAPANESE CAPITAL SHIP CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE JAPAN. SHE WAS FORMALLY COMMISSIONED IN 1913, AND PATROLLED OFF THE CHINESE COAST DURING WORLD WAR I. KONG� UNDERWENT TWO MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIONS. BEGINNING IN 1929, THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY REBUILT HER AS A BATTLESHIP, STRENGTHENING HER ARMOR AND IMPROVING HER SPEED AND POWER CAPABILITIES. IN 1935, HER SUPERSTRUCTURE WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT, HER SPEED WAS INCREASED, AND SHE WAS EQUIPPED WITH LAUNCH CATAPULTS FOR FLOATPLANES. NOW FAST ENOUGH TO ACCOMPANY JAPAN'S GROWING CARRIER FLEET, KONG� WAS RECLASSIFIED AS A FAST BATTLESHIP. DURING THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR, KONG� OPERATED OFF THE COAST OF MAINLAND CHINA BEFORE BEING REDEPLOYED TO THE THIRD BATTLESHIP DIVISION IN 1941. ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR II, SHE SAILED AS PART OF THE SOUTHERN FORCE IN PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE OF SINGAPORE. THE KONG� FOUGHT IN A LARGE NUMBER OF MAJOR NAVAL ACTIONS OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. SHE COVERED THE JAPANESE ARMY'S AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS IN BRITISH MALAYA (PART OF PRESENT-DAY MALAYSIA) AND THE DUTCH EAST INDIES (NOW INDONESIA) IN 1942, BEFORE ENGAGING AMERICAN FORCES AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY AND DURING THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN. THROUGHOUT 1943, KONG� PRIMARILY REMAINED AT TRUK LAGOON IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS), KURE NAVAL BASE (NEAR HIROSHIMA), SASEBO NAVAL BASE (NEAR NAGASAKI), AND LINGGA, MALAYSIA, AND DEPLOYED SEVERAL TIMES IN RESPONSE TO AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AIR RAIDS ON JAPANESE ISLAND BASES SCATTERED ACROSS THE PACIFIC. THE KONG� PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA AND THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF IN 1944 (OCTOBER 22-23), ENGAGING AND SINKING AMERICAN VESSELS IN THE LATTER. THE KONG� WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY THE SUBMARINE USS SEALION II WHILE TRANSITING THE FORMOSA STRAIT ON 21 NOVEMBER 1944 THE KONG� WAS THE FIRST OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY'S KONG�-CLASS BATTLECRUISERS, WHICH WERE ALMOST AS LARGE, COSTLY AND WELL-ARMED AS BATTLESHIPS, BUT WHICH TRADED OFF ARMORED PROTECTION FOR HIGHER SPEEDS. THESE WERE DESIGNED BY THE BRITISH NAVAL ENGINEER GEORGE THURSTON AND WERE ORDERED IN 1910 IN THE JAPANESE EMERGENCY NAVAL EXPANSION BILL AFTER THE COMMISSIONING OF HMS INVINCIBLE IN 1908. THESE FOUR BATTLECRUISERS OF THE KONG� CLASS WERE DESIGNED TO MATCH THE NAVAL CAPABILITIES OF THE BATTLECRUISERS OF THE OTHER MAJOR NAVAL POWERS AT THE TIME, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE BATTLECRUISER VERSIONS OF THE BRITISH (FORMERLY TURKISH) BATTLESHIP HMS ERIN. THEIR HEAVY ARMAMENT OF 14-INCH NAVAL GUNS AND THEIR ARMOR PROTECTION (WHICH TOOK UP ABOUT 23.3% OF THEIR APPROXIMATELY 30,000-TON DISPLACEMENTS IN 1913) WERE GREATLY SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF ANY OTHER JAPANESE CAPITAL SHIP AFLOAT AT THE TIME. THE KEEL OF THE KONG� WAS LAID DOWN AT BARROW-IN-FURNESS BY VICKERS SHIPBUILDING AND ENGINEERING ON 17 JANUARY 1911. UNDER JAPAN'S CONTRACT WITH VICKERS, THE FIRST VESSEL OF THE CLASS WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH THE REMAINDER BUILT IN JAPAN. THE KONG� WAS LAUNCHED ON 18 MAY 1912, AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DOCKYARDS OF PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, WHERE HER FITTING-OUT BEGAN IN MID-1912. ALL PARTS USED IN HER CONSTRUCTION WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. THE KONGO WAS COMPLETED ON 16 APRIL 1913. THE KONG�'S MAIN BATTERY CONSISTED OF EIGHT 14-INCH (36 CM) HEAVY-CALIBER MAIN NAVAL GUNS IN FOUR TWIN TURRETS (TWO FORWARD AND TWO AFT). THE TURRETS WERE NOTED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE TO BE "SIMILAR TO THE BRITISH 15-INCH TURRETS", WITH IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN FLASH-TIGHTNESS. EACH OF HER MAIN GUNS COULD FIRE HIGH EXPLOSIVE OR ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS 38,770 YARDS (19.14 NMI; 35.45 KM) AT A FIRING RATE OF ABOUT TWO SHELLS PER MINUTE. IN KEEPING WITH THE JAPANESE DOCTRINE OF DEPLOYING MORE POWERFUL VESSELS BEFORE THEIR OPPONENTS, THE KONG� AND HER SISTER SHIPS WERE THE FIRST VESSELS IN THE WORLD EQUIPPED WITH 14-INCH (36 CM) GUNS. HER MAIN GUNS CARRIED AMMUNITION FOR 90 SHOTS, AND THEY HAD AN APPROXIMATE BARREL LIFETIME OF 250 TO 280 SHOTS. IN 1941, SEPARATE DYES WERE INTRODUCED FOR THE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS OF THE FOUR KONGO-CLASS BATTLESHIPS TO ASSIST WITH TARGETING, WITH THE KONG�'S ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS USING RED DYE. YOU WILL FIND GREAT DEALS ON HARD-TO-FIND AVIATION, ARMOR, NAUTICAL AND MILITARIA MAGAZINES AT MY EBAY STORE �INTERNET AIRPLANE MAGAZINES AND BOOKS�! 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Visit my Ebay Store to find more issues of KOKU FAN, AIRPOWER, WINGS, AIR CLASSICS, FINE SCALE MODELLER, SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLER, SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL, AIRPLANE (ORBIS), WARPLANE (ORBIS), ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AIRCRAFT, NAVAL AVIATION NEWS, AIR COMBAT, WAR MONTHLY, HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, COMBAT AIRCRAFT, AIR FAN, OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES, AIRCRAFT PROFILE, SEA CLASSICS, AIR INTERNATIONAL, AIR ENTHUSIAST, ALL HANDS, FLYING, FLYPAST, AEROPLANE MONTHLY, RAF FLYING REVIEW, AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATED, AIR EXTRA, TAKE OFF, THE ELITE, AIR FORCES MONTHLY, WAR MACHINE (ORBIS), MODEL AIRPLANE NEWSTHE SECONDARY BATTERY OF THE KONG� ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF SIXTEEN 6-INCH (15 CM) 50-CALIBER GUNS IN SINGLE CASEMATES (ALL LOCATED AMIDSHIPS), EIGHT 3-INCH (7.6 CM) GUNS, AND EIGHT SUBMERGED 21-INCH (53 CM) TORPEDO TUBES. ("50 CALIBRE" MEANS THAT THE LENGTHS OF THE GUNS WERE TO TIMES THEIR BORE, OR 700 INCHES.) HER SIX-INCH NAVAL GUNS COULD FIRE FIVE TO SIX ROUNDS PER MINUTE, WITH A BARREL LIFETIME OF ABOUT 500 ROUNDS. THE 6-INCH/50 CALIBRE GUN WAS CAPABLE OF FIRING BOTH ANTIAIRCRAFT AND ANTISHIP SHELLS, THOUGH THE POSITIONING OF THESE GUNS ON THE KONG� MADE ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRING MOSTLY IMPRACTICAL. DURING HER SECOND RECONSTRUCTION, THE OLDER THREE-INCH GUNS WERE REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED WITH EIGHT 5-INCH (13 CM) 5-INCH/40 CALIBRE DUAL-PURPOSE GUNS. THESE GUNS COULD FIRE FROM EIGHT TO 14 ROUNDS PER MINUTE, WITH A BARREL LIFETIME OF ABOUT 800 TO 1,500 ROUNDS. OF KONG�'S GUNS, THE 5-INCH GUNS HAD THE WIDEST VARIETY OF SHELL TYPES: ANTIAIRCRAFT, ANTISHIP, AND ILLUMINATION SHELLS. THE KONG� WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF 1-INCH (2.5 CM) ANTIAIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS. BY OCTOBER 1944, THE KONG�'S SECONDARY ARMAMENT WAS RECONFIGURED TO EIGHT 6-INCH (15 CM) GUNS, EIGHT 5-INCH (13 CM) GUNS, AND 122 TYPE 96 ANTIAIRCRAFT RAPID-FIRE CANNONS. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. 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