Kongo-class Photographs | World War II Database

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Battleship Hiei, circa early 1910s	Battlecruiser Kongo on sea trials, 8 May 1913	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei fitting out at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Sep 1913	The launching of battlecruiser Kirishima at the Mitsubishi Naval Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, 1 Dec 1913

Japanese battlecruiser Hiei departing Yokosuka en route to Kure, Japan, 23 Mar 1914	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei at Yokosuka, Japan, 24 Aug 1914	Battlecruiser Haruna being fitted out by the Kawasaki company at Kobe, Japan, Oct 1914	Haruna, as a battlecruiser, running trials, 23 Jan 1915

Battlecruiser Haruna at Kobe, Japan, 24 Apr 1915	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei at Sasebo, Japan, 21 Dec 1915	Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima at Sasebo, Japan, 21 Dec 1915	Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima undergoing maintenance and training at Sasebo, Japan, 4 May 1921

Battleship Kongo at Takao (Kaohsiung), Taiwan during Crown Prince Hirohito's visit, 23 Apr 1923	Battleship Kongo in Kirun harbor, Taiwan with Crown Prince Hirohito on board, 27 Apr 1923	Kongo, circa mid-1920s	View of the midship section of Kongo, circa mid-1920s

Japanese battlecruiser Hiei at Sasebo, Japan, Jun 1926	Kongo, circa 1927-1928	Japanese battlecruiser Hiei during a fleet exercise south of Oshima Island, south of Tokyo Bay, Japan, 24 Oct 1927	Kongo depicted by a postcard, showing her with her mid-1920s configuration