NAME

BUILDER

LAUNCHED

COMPLETED

LENGTH
(feet/inch)

BEAM
(feet/inch)

DRAFT
(feet/inch)

HARUNA
 

Kawasaki, Kobe

14 December 1913

19 April 1915

DISPLACEMENT

ARMAMENT

COMPLEMENT

SHAFT
HORSEPOWER

SPEED
(knots)

FUEL
(tons)

RANGE
(NM)

32156 S

depth charges
 

3292
oil

NOTES

KONGO was sunk by the US submarine SEALION on 21 November 1944 65NM NW of Keelung, Formosa.

HARUNA was sunk in shallow water near Kure Naval Base on 28 July 1945 by aircraft of TF 38.

PHOTOGRAPHS

HIJMS KONGO

• KONGO as she appeared in the later 1920s
• KONGO 1927-1928
• KONGO 1925-1928
• KONGO 1929
• KONGO midships view 1929
• KONGO midships view 1929
• KONGO after her 1929-1931 reconstruction
• KONGO following her 1929-1931 reconstruction
• KONGO underway after her 1929-1931 reconstruction
• KONGO in harbor with other warships 1932-1934
• KONGO 1933
• KONGO 1934
• KONGO after her 1936-1937 modernization
• KONGO off Amoy, China October 1938

HIJMS HARUNA

• HARUNA on sea trials, 1915
• HARUNA in harbor with other warships, circa 1929-1931
• HARUNA underway, 1931
• HARUNA after modernization, circa mid-1930s
• HARUNA with battleships YAMASHIRO and FUSO, circa later-1930s
• HARUNA under attack by Third Fleet planes, July 28, 1945 #1
• HARUNA under attack by Third Fleet planes, July 28, 1945 #2
• HARUNA sunk at Kure, October 1945