Kongō

Kongō was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō 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. Kongō 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.

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Kongo; Kongou; Kongō
mass 32250 tonne, speed 27 knot, speed 27.5 knot, draft 9.7 metre, 8 cannon, 
Kongō-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Imperial Japanese Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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Location: 26.15, 121.3833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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  Kongō ⓘ
  1912 Kongō-class battlecruiser

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  Urakaze ⓘ
  1940 Kagerō-class destroyer

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II

1911-01-17T00:00:00Z

1911-01-17T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1913-08-16T00:00:00Z

1913-08-16T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1912-05-18T00:00:00Z

1912-05-18T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Kongo off Amoy China

IJN battleship Kongō under attack

Postcard of Japanese battleship Kongō

Kongo 1925-28

M 41 2 japonais Kiao-Tsou

M 41 2 croiseur Japonais COngo

Kongo on the ways, showing two of the propellers and the port rudder - Scientific American 1913

Imperial Japanese Battleship Kongō in 1915

HIJMS Kongo (cropped)

Kongo off Amoy China (cropped)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Combined Fleet page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Kongō	Kongō-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Urakaze	Kagerō-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Kongo off Amoy China		Commons
commons	image		IJN battleship Kongō under attack		Commons
commons	image		Postcard of Japanese battleship Kongō		Commons
commons	image		Kongo 1925-28		Commons
commons	image		M 41 2 japonais Kiao-Tsou		Commons
commons	image		M 41 2 croiseur Japonais COngo		Commons
commons	image		Kongo on the ways, showing two of the propellers and the port rudder - Scientific American 1913		Commons
commons	image		Imperial Japanese Battleship Kongō in 1915		Commons
commons	image		HIJMS Kongo (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Kongo off Amoy China (cropped)		Commons