IJN Kongō

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Kongō, also known as Indestructible Diamond, was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and II. She was the first battlecruiser of her class, built to be among the most heavily armed ships ever constructed. George Thurston, a renowned British naval engineer, designed Kongō in 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. This warship was the last Japanese capital ship built outside Japan, and she was formally commissioned in 1913. During World War I, Kongō patrolled off the Chinese coast. Name: Kongō Namesake: Mount Kongō Ordered: 1911 Builder: Vickers Shipbuilding Company, Barrow-in-Furness Laid down: January 17, 1911 Launched: May 18, 1912 Commissioned: August 16, 1913 Struck: January 20, 1945 Fate: Sunk by USS Sealion in the Formosa Strait on November 21, 1944 General Characteristics: Class and Type: Kongō-class battlecruiser Displacement: 36,600 long tons (37,187 t) Length: 222 meters (728 ft 4 in) Beam: 31 meters (101 ft 8 in) Draught: 9.7 meters (31 ft 10 in) Propulsion: Steam turbines, four shafts Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) Range: 10,000 nautical miles at 14 knots (26 km/h) Complement: 1360 Armament: 1913: 8 × 356 mm naval guns (4×2) 16 × 6-inch (15 cm) 50 caliber naval guns (16×1) 8 × 76 mm naval guns (8×1) 4 × 6.5 mm machine guns 8 × submerged 533 mm torpedo tubes 1944: 8 × 356 mm naval guns (4×2) 8 × 152 mm (6 in) naval guns (8×1) 8 × 127 mm guns (4×2) 122 × 25 mm Type 96 Antiaircraft autocannons Armor: Decks: 2.3–1.5 inches (58–38 mm), later strengthened with +101 mm on ammo storage and +76 mm on engine room Turrets: 9 inches (230 mm) Barbettes: 10 inches (250 mm) Belt: 8–11 inches (200–280 mm)