IJN KONGO and all Flags at the Battle of Warships

History of IJN KONGO

Ordered:June 1937
Builder:Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki
Laid down:29 March 1938
Launched:1 November 1940
Commissioned:5 August 1942
Fate:Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944.

Kongo was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II.
She was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan.
Kongo’s designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston.

“金剛”, means “Indestructible Diamond”, named for Mount Kongo.

Torpedo attack by the USS SEALION

Kongo participated in the 1944 (October 22-23) Battle of the Philippines and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The USS Sealion, an American submarine, engaged Kongo in the Leyte Gulf on November 21, 1944, and sank her in a torpedo attack while passing through the Strait of Formosa.

USS SEALION (SS-315)

Battleship IJN KONGO and Flags

You can purchase the flags of each country to improve the performance of IJN KONGO.

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. BRAZIL flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. USA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. JAPAN flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. UK flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. GERMANY flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. CANADA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. RUSSIA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. FRANCE flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. PORTUGAL flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. SPAIN flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. SWEDEN flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. INDIA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. INDNESIA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. MEXICO flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. PHILIPPINES flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. NORWAY flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. KOREA flag vs. PIRATE flag

IJN KONGO – No flag vs. CHINA flag vs. PIRATE flag

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