Kongo-class Photographs | World War II Database

73 items in this album on 4 pages.


Midship view of Kongo, early 1929; note searchlight tower between the first and second smokestacks and large smoke deflector on the forward stack	Midship view of Kongo, opposite angle, just prior to her 1929 reconstruction	Hiei as a training ship underway during the 1930s; note rear admiral's flag atop the main mast	Kirishima's profile circa early 1930s, after her first major reconstruction

Kirishima, circa early 1930s, after her first major reconstruction	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930	Training ship Hiei during the 1930s, photo 1 of 3

Training ship Hiei during the 1930s, photo 2 of 3	Training ship Hiei during the 1930s, photo 3 of 3	Haruna in 1931, after her first modernization	Kongo under reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Jul 1931; she was nearing completion

Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 1 of 2	Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 2 of 2	Kongo underway, with her configuration after the 1929-31 reconstruction	Hiei as a training ship (misidentified as Kongo), circa 1932-34

Kirishima near Beppu, Kyushu, Japan, mid-Oct 1932 after her first major reconstruction	Japanese battleship Hiei at Yokosuka, Japan, 25 Jul 1933	Training ship Hiei in port, Japan, Aug 1933; note bedding airing on lifelines, lack of 6-in buns, and some missing armor plating	Kaga, Hiei, and Nagato during the annual naval review at Yokohama, Japan, 25 Aug 1933