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BB Hiei
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Kongo | 1911/11/04 Jokosuka Kaigun Kosho | 1912/11/21 | 1912/11/20 | 1942/11/13
sunk | |
| Namesake: "The Cold" - monastery&mountain NE of Kjoto ("chlad"- klášter a hora SV od Kjota) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stFlt/BatDiv3/Sect1 | ||||
| 41/12 | raidPH | StrFor1/BatDiv3/Sect1 | |||
| 42/01/08 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1 | raid -Rabaul etc | ||
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/08 | StrFor1/BatDiv3/Sect1 | hunting TF 8,TF 17 after Revenge Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/SupGrp/BatDiv3 | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/22 | StrFor1/SupGrp/BatDiv3 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/05/19 | 42/05/23 | 1st and 3rd Fleet meneuvers out of Hashiradzima | 99 | ||
| 42/05/23 | 42/06/07 | C1/MidInvFor/MainBody/BatDiv3/Sect1 | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/06 | 42/06/1? | CovFor/BatDiv3/1 | land Kiska | 99 | |
| 42/06/2?? | 42/07/10 | Hashiradzima | 99 | ||
| 42/07/11 | 42/08/18 | Jokosuka - refit, drydock | 99 | ||
| 42/07/14 | BatDiv11 | IJN reorganization | 91 | ||
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| 42/08/21 | 42/08/25 | KI | ForvScoFor/BatDiv11 | xEasSol | |
| 42/09/10 | 42/09/23 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1/MaFor/BatDiv11 | Solomons Offensive Patrol | 99 | |
| 42/10/26 | ForvScoFor/BatDiv11 | xSCruz | |||
| 42/11/12 | BombFor/BatDiv11/DF | xGuadal-disable(TG 67.4) - 28-38 8in, 70-74 5in shells | 99 104 | ||
| 42/11/13 | BombFor/BatDiv11/DF | disable(Enterprise+let.USMC) off Tulagi - 1x500lb and 4? 1000lb bombs, 7? torpedoes | 104 | ||
| 42/11/13 | BombFor/BatDiv11/DF | sunk(scuttled) off Tulagi - about 450 KIA | 104 | ||