| Japanese "Hiei" |
| - Kongo Class Battlecruiser - |
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Unlike the other Kongo's the Hiei wasn't refitted
during the 1920s. From 1924 to 1928 she was converted to a training ship;
1933-1934 she received a modernization and reconstruction to become a
battlecruiser again 
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| 1942-11-13: sunk by torpedoes and gunfire at Guadalcanal | ||||
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| Technical Data | ||
| Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew: |
1911-1914 at Yokosuka
Navy Yard 26,320 / 27,500 ts 214.6 × 28.0 × 8.4 m 64,000 shp; 10 Bacock & Wilcox boilers; 4 Parsons turbines/shafts 27.5 kts 8,000 nm @ 10 kts 1,221 |
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| Main Armament: Secondary: AA: Torpedoes: Planes: Armor: Radar: |
8×356 cal 45 [4×2] 16×152 cal 50 8×100 cal 40; [8x1] 8x533 [submerged] - deck: 203; belt: 70; turrets: 228; ? - |
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