Kongo Photographs | World War II Database


Battlecruiser Kongo on sea trials, Aug 1913	Battleship Kongo at Takao (Kaohsiung), Taiwan during Crown Prince Hirohito's visit, Apr 1923

Battleship Kongo in Kirun harbor, Taiwan with Crown Prince Hirohito on board, 27 Apr 1923	Kongo, photographed circa 1927-1928

Kongo depicted by a postcard, showing her with her later 1920s configuration	Kongo just prior to her 1929 reconstruction

Midship view of Kongo, early 1929; note searchlight tower between the first and second smokestacks and large smoke deflector on the forward stack	Midship view of Kongo, opposite angle, just prior to her 1929 reconstruction

Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930

Kongo under reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Jul 1931; she was nearing completion	Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 1 of 2

Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 2 of 2	Kongo underway, with her configuration after the 1929-31 reconstruction

Kongo after her 1936-37 modernization	Battleship Kongo off Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 21 Oct 1938; seen from destroyer USS Pillsbury

Battleship Kongo, circa late 1930s	Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deck

Japanese Carrier Division Three's battleship Kongo and carrier Chiyoda under attack by American carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 20 Jun 1944	US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence drawing of the Kongo-class battleship, seen in publication ONI 222-J, Jun 1945