japanese battleship kirishima

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rdered:	1911
aid down:	March 17, 1912
aunched:	December 1, 1913
ommissioned:	April 19, 1915
ate:	Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942
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isplacement:	36,600 tons
ength:	728 feet 4 inches
eam:	101 feet 8 inches
raught:	31 feet 9 inches
ropulsion:
peed:	30 knots
ange:	10,000 nm at 18 kts
omplement:	1360
rmament:	Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA

Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongo class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913 and commissioned on April 19, 1915. From 1933 to 1934, she was reconstructed at Kure, Japan, emerging from her reconstruction as a "fast battleship," 4,000 tons heavier than her original incarnation. On November 15, 1942, Kirishima engaged American vessels in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and while inflicting some damage on the USS South Dakota, was sunk by heavy fire from the USS Washington.

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