HIEI (Nov. 21, 1912)
HARUNA (Dec. 14th, 1913)
KIRISIMA (Dec. 1st, 1913)
Complement: 980
Length: (p.p.) 653 1 feet, (o.a.) 704 feet
Beam: 95 feet (Kirisima), 92 feet (Kongo, Hiei), 95 feet (Haruna)
Draught: 27 1/2 feet (max), 20 3/4 feet (mean)
Guns:
8 - 14 inch, 45 cal.
16 - 6 inch, 50 cal.
8 - 5 inch AA.
4 machine
4 landing
Torpedo tubes (21 inch): 4 submerged
Armour: (Krupp): (Vertical)
8" Belt (amidships)
3" Belt (ends)
6" Upper belt
6" Battery
9", 6", 5" Bulkheads (f)
8", 6" Bulkheads (aft.)
10" - " Barbettes
9" - " Gunhouses
…" C.T. base
10" C.T. ("hood)
" Fore comm. Tube
6" Torpedo con. tower
8" Tube (C.T. tower)
(H.T.):
2 3/4" Forecastle deck
2 3/4" Main deck
2 3/4" Middle deck
2 3/4" Lower deck
Special Protection H.T.
Torpedo protection bulkheads.
During reconstruction 4" was added to deck protection, raising displacement by 3,000 tons.
Aircraft: 3
Machinery: Parsons 4-shaft (in Haruna only, Curtis 4-shaft) turbines. Designed H.P.: 64,000=26 kts.
Boilers: 16 Kanpon. Fuel: About 4,500 tons oil.
KONGO - Sunk close to Taiwan Nov. 21, 1944 after torpedo attack by USS Sealion II.
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Armour Notes: Main belt is 12' 5" deep, 8" thick, and extends between Barbettes Nos. 1 and 4. Upper belt between Barbettes Nos. 1 and 3, 6" thick and carried up to forecastle deck. Bulkheads: Main belt is closed by diagonal bulkheads of 8" - 6" aft and by a 6" - 5" bulkhead forward. Upper belt closed by 6" bulkhead aft and 9"-6" bulkhead forward. There is also a narrow 3 inch strip of armour, 2 feet 6 inch deep under whole length of main belt: this is not shown on plans.
Anti-torpedo Protection Notes: Internal sub-division by longitudinal and cross bulkheads. Extra protection given by armour to all magazine spaces. Port and starboard engine rooms are divided by an unpierced longitudinal bulkhead along keel-line.
Torpedo Notes: Tubes are twin submerged type, at varying levels, some being only 6 feet below waterline. Except in the case of the tubes in wake of No. 3 Barbette, Starboard Tube is before Port Tube. Kongo has combined hydraulic and electrically-operated tubes. In Haruna, tubes are Armstrong 21-inch side-loading, hydraulically operated.
Engineering Notes: In Kongo, and Kirisima Parsons turbines have H.P. rotors on outboard shafts and L.P. on inner shafts with astern turbines aft and in same casing. Reconstruction included new Kanpon boilers.
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