Battleships
Japanese "Kongo" 
 
The Kongo class battleships were constructed and built as battlecruisers during WW I. Later they were upgraded in terms of propulsion and protection and reclassified as battleships.
 
     
Technical Data
Re-Built:
Displacement:
Dimensions:
Propulsion:
Max. Speed:
Range:
Crew: 		1937
32,156 / 36,600 ts
222 × 31 × 9.6 m
136,800 shp; 8 Kampon boilers; 4 Parsons turbines/shafts
30 kts
10,000 nm @ 18 kts
1,360
Tactical Data 1937
Main:
Secondary:
AA:
Torpedoes:
Planes:
Armor:
Radar:		 8×355 cal 45 [4×2]
14×152 cal 50 [4x1]
10×127 cal 40 [5x2]; 4x40; 8x13.5 machine guns
none
3/1 
belt: 203; deck: 70; turrets: 228;  ?
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