Imperial Japanese Navy battle cruisers: Kongō, Haruna, Kirishima, Hiei
Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers of the Second World War: Kongō, Haruna, Kirishima, Hiei (IJN Photo) Imperial Japanese Navy Cruiser Division 5, the Ashigara, Haguro, and Nachi (R to L), taken from the Myoko, 1936. Battlecruisers (jun’yōsenkan), Kongō-class Four Kongo-class battlecruisers were built for the IJN just before the First World War. Designed in the UK, … Read more