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Japanese battleship Kongo (2006 bytes)
2: ...se battleship Kongo.jpg|300px|Japanese battleship Kongo]] 5: ...peat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|Japanese Ensign]] 51: ...'Kongo''''' (金剛) was the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]'s first superdreadnought class [[battle cr... 53: The Kongo was named after a mountain in [[Osaka]] Prefectur... 58: * [http://www.combinedfleet.com/kongo.htm Tabular record of movement] from combinedflee... Japanese battleship Yamashiro (2072 bytes) 2: ...apanese battleship Fuso|''Fuso'']] and [[Japanese battleship Haruna|''Haruna'']] (more distant), [[Tokyo Bay]]... 51: ...oned on [[March 31]], [[1917]]. She was the first Japanese vessel equipped with aircraft [[catapults]]. 53: ...differed slightly from its sister ship [[Japanese battleship Fuso|''Fuso'']] in the arrangement of gun turrets... 62: [[Category:Fuso class battleships|Yamashiro]] 63: [[Category:World War II Japanese battleships|Yamashiro]] Japanese battleship Haruna (2650 bytes) 2: |align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Japanese battleship Haruna attacked.jpg|300px|]]<br>''Haruna'' under ... 5: ...peat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|Japanese Ensign]] 51: ...s a [[Japanese battleship Kongo | Kongo]] class [[battleship]] laid down by the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Company ... 55: [[Image:Japanese battleship Haruna sunk.jpg|thumb|none|300px|''Haruna'' on th... 64: [[Category:Kongo class battleships]] Japanese battleship Fuso (3485 bytes) 2: ...ashiro|''Yamashiro'']] (foregound) and [[Japanese battleship Haruna|''Haruna'']] (more distant), [[Tokyo Bay]]... 5: ...kground: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|RN Ensign]] 54: ...apanese Navy]], the [[lead ship]] of [[Fuso class battleship|her class]]. She was laid down by the [[Kure, Hir... 56: ...n May 1942, rescued 353 survivors of ''[[Japanese battleship Mutsu|Mutsu]]'' when that ship exploded at [[Hash... 67: [[Category:World War II Japanese battleships|Fuso]] Japanese battleship Mikasa (7131 bytes) 74: ... [[battle of Tsushima]] ([[1905]]) in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. 77: ...al build-up program, with the construction of six battleships and six armored [[cruiser]]s at its core. 79: One of these battleships, ''Mikasa'', was ordered from the [[Vickers]] sh... 81: ...strategic support, by concluding the 1902 [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] with the world's first naval power. Th... 83: ==A state-of-the-art battleship== Japanese battleship Kotetsu (4300 bytes) 75: ... first [[ironclad]] [[warship]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. Built in [[France]] in [[1864]], and acqu... 84: ...ican Civil War]], and sold two years later to the Japanese [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]. 86: ==Japanese career== 91: ...rprise night attempt at boarding by the rebel ''[[Japanese warship Kaiten|Kaiten]]'', essentially thanks to ... 100: ...の幕末・維新 (Japanese) ISBN 4120016994 Japanese battleship Yamato (6687 bytes) 59: ...e battleship Musashi|Musashi]]'' were the largest battleships ever constructed, weighing 65,027 tons and armed... 63: ...intended to build four ships of this class, but [[Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano|''Shinano'']] was conver... 65: [[Image:Yamato_battleship_under_construction.jpg|left|thumb|150px|''Yamato'... 67: ...t impossible for the [[U.S. Navy]] to construct a battleship with same caliber guns without severe design rest... 71: ...them. She returned to the conflict and joined the Japanese fleet in the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] (Ju... Japanese battleship Ise (1960 bytes) 2: |colspan="2"|[[Image:Battleship_Ise.jpg|300px|Battleship ''Ise'']] 5: ...kground: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|RN Ensign]] 63: ...third [[Japanese battleship Fuso|''Fuso'']]-class battleship, but problems including weak armament and protect... 65: ... lack of suitable role, she never saw battle as a battleship. 67: ''Ise'' was later converted to a carrier battleship — the aft turrets were removed and replaced... Japanese battleship Mutsu (655 bytes) 1: ...d [[Japanese battleship Nagato|''Nagato'']] class battleship, laid down at the [[Yokosuka]] Naval Arsenal on [... 5: [[Category: Nagato class battleships]] Japanese battleship Musashi (3675 bytes) 2: ...ge:Japanese battleship Musashi.jpg|300px|Japanese battleship Musashi]]<br>''Musashi'' leaving [[Brunei]] in Oc... 5: ...kground: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|RN Ensign]] 63: ...of the largest and most heavily armoured class of battleships ever constructed. 65: ...ng the construction of US nuclear submarines, the battleship was launched [[November 1]] [[1939]] and spent th... 69: ...g more than 1,000 of her 2,900 crew with her. The battleship absorbed an estimated eighteen heavy bombs and tw... Japanese battleship Kirishima (2174 bytes) 2: |align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Japanese battleship Kirishima.jpg|300px|''Kirishima'']] 5: ...peat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|Japanese Ensign]] 51: ...an]], emerging from her reconstruction as a "fast battleship," 4,000 tons heavier than her original incarnatio... 62: [[Category: Kongo class battleships|Kirishima]] 63: [[Category:World War II Japanese battleships|Kirishima]] Japanese battleship Hiei (3595 bytes) 2: |align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Japanese training ship Hiei.jpg|300px|]]<br>''Hiei'' as a ... 5: ...peat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|Japanese Ensign]] 51: ...rpedoes. Kongo and Hiei were relatively fast for battleship and able to keep up with the carrier battlegroup,... 55: [[Category:Kongo class battleships|Hiei]] 56: [[Category:World War II Japanese battleships|Hiei]] Japanese battleship Nagato (7512 bytes) 2: ...ge:NagatoPainting.jpg|300px|''Nagato'']] Japanese battleship ''Nagato'' after the BAKER blast. Arthur Beaumont... 57: ..., during the [[battle of Leyte Gulf]], due to the Japanese Navy's strategy of keeping major units in reserve... 61: ...aptain Yano Hideo, and her sister ship [[Japanese battleship Mutsu|''Mutsu'']] formed Battle Division 1. ''Nag... 63: ...sferred his flag to the new battleship [[Japanese battleship Yamato|''Yamato'']]. 65: ...ut saw no action. She returned the survivors of [[Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga|''Kaga'']] to Japan. Japanese battleship Hyuga (2800 bytes) 5: ...kground: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[image:Japaneseensign.png|RN Ensign]] 64: ... was an [[Japanese battleship Ise | Ise]] class [[battleship]] laid down by [[Mitsubishi]] on [[6 May]] [[1915... 66: ... strength at Midway she was converted to a hybrid battleship/carrier at the [[Sasebo]] Navy Yard between [[1 M... 72: [[Category:Ise class battleships|Hyuga]] 73: [[Category:World War II Japanese battleships|Hyuga]] Japanese battleship Kaiyo Maru (3218 bytes) 76: '''''Kaiyō Maru''''' (Japanese: 開陽丸) was one of [[Japan]]'s... 78: ...Japan early in [[1867]] by [[Enomoto Takeaki]], a Japanese Navy student who had been sent to study Naval sci... 82: ...periority against a weaker and nascent [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], but she eventually was wrecked in [[Esash... 91: [[Category:Japanese history]] Kongo (3048 bytes) 1: ... a monarch, the [[Manikongo]] of the [[Bakongo]] (Kongo peoples), but its [[sphere of influence]] extende... 3: Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Kongo Empire was a highly developed state at the center... 5: ...ries arrived in 1490, and ten years later the Manikongo himself was baptized and assumed the name Afonso.... 7: ...im of incursions by other neighboring states, the Kongo Empire went into decline. The Portuguese saw this... 9: ...gola]] defeated the forces of king [[Antonio I of Kongo]]; Antonio was killed with many of his courtiers ... Affonso I of Kongo (275 bytes) 1: '''Afonso I''' of [[Kongo]] reigned from 1505 to 1543 was a [[Christian]] a... 3: [[Category:Manikongo of Kongo]] Kongo language (377 bytes) 1: ...ongo''' is the [[Bantu language]] spoken by the [[Kongo]] people living in the tropical forests of [[Demo... 3: [[pl:Język kongo]] 7: ...s-online-dictionary.org/definition/Kongo-english/ Kongo - English Dictionary] Kongo class destroyer (2195 bytes) 1: ... [[Japanese Self-Defense Forces]] in general, the Kongo-class lacks the [[Tomahawk missile]] and its supp... 3: ...coastal) environment are limited. Overall, the ''Kongo''-class are much larger than traditional [[destro... 5: ...Self-Defense Force]]; [[JDS Kongo (DDG-173)|JDS ''Kongo'']] and [[JDS Chokai (DDG-176)|''Chokai'']], home... 7: ''Kongo'' class destroyers are powered by four [[Ishikawa... List of Manikongo of Kongo (3638 bytes) 1: ...g of the Kingdom of [[Kongo]]. Traditionally, Manikongo were elected by elders from among eligible member... 8: ...ga Nkuwu) before [[1482]]-[[1505]], the sixth Manikongo 9: *[[Affonso I of Kongo|Affonso I]] (Mvemba Nzinga) ([[1505]]-[[1543]]) 10: *[[Peter I of Kongo|Peter I]] (1543-[[1545]]) 11: *[[Francis I of Kongo|Francis I]] (1545-1545)
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