Battlecruisers: Kongo Class

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Here are 2 more early shots.... DFO

[ivorthediver]

Well you can't say she's not well secured Dennis , .......but life was cheap then was it not

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nooooooo floating away on the tide!!! DFO

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Two shots of the newly Rebuilt KONGO in 1937. Actually CLEAR!! DFO

[ivorthediver]

Thanks Dennis for your efforts here .

[Brian James]

Kongō Class Battlecruiser IJNS Kirishima pictured off Amoy,China on October 21st 1938.

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Battlecruiser IJNS Kongo pictured during her major modernisation refit at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal drydock No3,December 24th 1929.

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Kongo Class Battlecruiser IJNS Hiei pictured at Sasebo, June 1926.Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was the second launched of four Kongō-Class Battlecruisers, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Laid down in 1911 at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Hiei was formally commissioned in 1914.

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Kongō class Battleship IJNS Haruna 3D schematic.

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Views of the HARUNA hulk, postwar. DFO