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BB Kirishima
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Kongo | 1912/03/17 Micubishi | 1913/12/01 | 1915/04/19 | 1942/11/15
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Misty Island" (a volcano) "mlhavý ostrov", sopka | |||||
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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 | ||||
| 41/11/22 | 41/12/24 | raidPH | StrFor1/BatDiv3/Sect2 | ||
| 42/01/08 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/BatDiv3/Sect2 | |||
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/08 | StrFor1/BaDiv3/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/Sect2 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/05 | 42/06 | B2/StrFor1/SupGrp/BatDiv3/Sect2 | xMidway | ||
| 42/07/14 | BatDiv11 | IJN reorganization | 91 | ||
| 42/08/21 | 42/08/25 | KI | ForvScoFor/BatDiv11 | xEasSol | 91 |
| 42/09/10 | 42/09/23 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1/MaFor/BatDiv11 | Solomons Offensive Patrol | 99 | |
| 42/10/26 | ForvScoFor/BatDiv11 | xSCruz -damage(planes) | |||
| 42/11/12 | 42/11/14 | BombFor/BatDiv11 | xGuadal damaged - 1 8in shell, 7 KIA | 99 104 | |
| 42/11/14 | 42/11/15 | EmBombFor/BombUnit | xGuad2 | 99 | |
| 42/11/15 | xGuad2- sunk(Washington) off Savo Is (09-10S, 159-52) | 8 85 | |||