Haruna Photographs | World War II Database


Battlecruiser Haruna being fitted out by the Kawasaki company at Kobe, Japan, Oct 1914	Haruna, as a battlecruiser, running trials, 1915

Battlecruiser Haruna at Kobe, Japan, 24 Apr 1915	Battleship Haruna undergoing post-conversion trials, 25 May 1928

Haruna in harbor with other warships, circa 1929-31	Batteship Haruna, circa 1930

Haruna in 1931, after her first modernization	Battleship Haruna undergoing post-modernization trials, 28 Aug 1934

Battleship Haruna off Yokosuka, Japan, 1935	Haruna after her modernization, circa 1934-36

Battleships Yamashiro, Fuso, and Haruna in Tokyo Bay, Japan, circa late 1930s; note two cruisers and an aircraft carrier in distance	Battleships Yamashiro and Haruna, 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	US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence drawing of the Kongo-class battleship, seen in publication ONI 222-J, Jun 1945

Bombs and torpedos from US Third Fleet carrier aircraft exploding around battleship Haruna, Japan, 28 Jul 1945	Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Intrepid

Carrier aircraft of US 3rd Fleet planes attacking battleship Haruna, Kure, Japan 28 Jul 1945; photo taken by aircraft from USS Wasp (Essex-class)	Battleship Haruna in her sunken state at Kure, Japan, Oct 1945