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BB Kongo
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Kongo | 1911/01/17 Vickers & Barrow, England | 1912/05/18 | 1913/08/16 | 1944/11/21
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Stability" ("stabilita") or "The Invincibility of Buddhism" ("nepřemožitelnost buddhismu") | |||||
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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/Sect2 | ||||
| 41/12/08 | SoExpFor/MainFor/CovGrp | Siam Bay | |||
| 41/12/08 | land Kota Bharu | ||||
| 41/12/22 | land Luzon | ||||
| 42/01/08 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/BatDiv3 | |||
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/SupGrp/BatDiv3 | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/07 | StrFor1/BatDiv3 | shell Christmas Is | |||
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/22 | StrFor1/SupGrp/BatDiv3/Sect2 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/05/23 | 42/06/06 | C1/MidInvFor/MainBody/BatDiv3/Sect1 | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/06 | 42/06/1? | CovFor/BatDiv3/1 | land Kiska | 99 | |
| 42/09/06 | 42/09/10 | sail from Kure to Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/09/10 | 42/09/23 | 2ndFlt/BatDiv3 | Solomons offensive patrol | 99 | |
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/25 | SupFor/SupGrp/BatDiv3 | xSCruz | 103 104 | |
| 42/11/06 | 42/11/15 | SupFor/BatDiv3/Sect2 | x Guadalcanal | 99 | |
| 43/01/31 | 43/02/09 | KE | DistCovFor | Guadalcanal evacuation | 103 |
| 43/02/15 | 43/02/20 | sail from Truk to Japan | 99 | ||
| 43/04/01 | 43/04/06 | sail from Kure to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/05 | Truk - sail to Tokio Bay | ||||
| 43/05/22 | Tokio Bay | ||||
| 43/10/17 | 43/10/26 | BatDiv3 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as reaction to US strikes on Wake | 99 | |
| 43/11 | 43/12/11 | Truk | |||
| 43/11/25 | 43/12/07 | sail from Truk to Sasebo | 99 | ||
| 43/12/11 | 43/12/16 | sail from Truk to Sasebo | 99 | ||
| 44/06/15 | 44/06/20 | A-Go | AdvFor/BatDiv3 | xPhilip | 81 |
| 44/07/08 | 44/07/10 | GrpB | troop transport run from Kure to Okinawa | 99 | |
| 44/07/12 | 44/07/20 | GrpB | sail from Okinawa to Manila > Lingga Roads | 99 | |
| 44/10 | CenFor/BatDiv3 | xLeyte | |||
| 44/10/24 | CenFor/BatDiv3 | xSibuya | |||
| 44/10/25 | CenFor/BatDiv3 | xSamar -damage(TG 77.4) | |||
| 44/11/16 | 44/11/24 | sail from Brunei towards Kure | 99 | ||
| 44/11/21 | sunk(Sealion II) 65 miles NNW of Keelung, Formosa (26-09N, 121-23E) - 237 KIA | 99 85 | |||