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Battlecruiser Kongo on sea trials, Aug 1913 | Battleship Kongo at Takao (Kaohsiung), Taiwan during Crown Prince Hirohito's visit, Apr 1923 |
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Battleship Kongo in Kirun harbor, Taiwan with Crown Prince Hirohito on board, 27 Apr 1923 | Kongo, photographed circa 1927-1928 |
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Kongo depicted by a postcard, showing her with her later 1920s configuration | Kongo just prior to her 1929 reconstruction |
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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 |
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Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930 | Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930 |
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Kongo under reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Jul 1931; she was nearing completion | Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 1 of 2 |
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Kongo after her 1929-31 reconstruction, photo 2 of 2 | Kongo underway, with her configuration after the 1929-31 reconstruction |
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Kongo after her 1936-37 modernization | Battleship Kongo off Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 21 Oct 1938; seen from destroyer USS Pillsbury |
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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 |
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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 |