Imperial Japanese Navy battle cruisers: Kongō, Haruna, Kirishima and Hiei
Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers of the Second World War (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, the lead ship of … Read more