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Career
Ordered: 1911
Laid down: January 17, 1911
Launched: May 18, 1912
Commissioned: August 16, 1913
Fate: Sunk on 21 November 1944 in the Formosa Strait
General Characteristics
Displacement: 36,600 tons
Length: 728 feet 4 inches
Beam: 101 feet 8 inches
Draught: 31 feet 9 inches
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots
Range:
Complement: 1360
Armament: Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA

Kongo (金剛) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first superdreadnought class battle cruiser, and the name-ship of its class. She was laid down by Vickers in England, on January 17, 1911, launched on May 18, 1912 and completed and sent to Japan on August 16, 1913. She underwent two major modifications and saw action in World War II.

The Kongo was named after a mountain in Osaka Prefecture.

She was sunk on 21 November 1944 in the Formosa Strait by three torpedoes from the submarine Sealion.

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