Japanese battleship Kirishima

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Career

Ordered: 1911
Laid down: March 17, 1912
Launched: December 1, 1913
Commissioned: April 19, 1915
Fate: Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942
Specifications
Displacement: 36,600 tons
Length: 222 m (728 feet 4 inches)
Beam: 31 m (101 feet 8 inches)
Draught: 9.7 m (31 feet 9 inches)
Propulsion: steam turbines, 4 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 10,000 nm at 14 kts
Complement: 1360
Armament: Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA
Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongo class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913 and commissioned on April 19, 1915. From 1933 to 1934, she was reconstructed at Kure, Japan, emerging from her reconstruction as a "fast battleship", 4,000 tons heavier than her original incarnation.


Career
Ordered:	1911
Laid down:	March 17, 1912
Launched:	December 1, 1913
Commissioned:	April 19, 1915
Fate:	Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942
Specifications
Displacement:	36,600 tons
Length:	222 m (728 feet 4 inches)
Beam:	31 m (101 feet 8 inches)
Draught:	9.7 m (31 feet 9 inches)
Propulsion:	steam turbines, 4 shafts
Speed:	30 knots
Range:	10,000 nm at 14 kts
Complement:	1360
Armament:	Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA

On November 15, 1942, Kirishima engaged American vessels in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and while inflicting some damage on the USS South Dakota, was sunk by heavy fire from the USS Washington.

External links

[Tabular record of movement from combinedfleet.com]

Kongo-class battleship

Kongo | Hiei | Kirishima | Haruna

List of ships of the Japanese Navy

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