Battleship Hiei
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Battleship
Kongo-class fast battleship, the first Japanese battleship lost in WWII. Crippled by gunfire from USS San Francisco during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, then scuttled on November 13, 1942.
Class / type
金剛型
Displacement
32,156 Tons
Complement
1,360
Launched
21 November 1912
Commissioned / formed
4 August 1914
Lost / disbanded
13 November 1942
- Armament
- 35.6cm砲8門、15.2cm砲14門、12.7cm高角砲8門
- Fate
- Scuttled
History
IJN Hiei was the second Kongo-class battlecruiser, built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. During the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942, she was hit by at least 85 shells at close range, losing steering control. Unable to be saved after repeated air attacks later that day, she was scuttled — becoming the first Japanese battleship lost in WWII.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.283, 139.667
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Sunk-9.070, 159.750
Northwest of Savo Island, Solomon Islands — scuttled on 13 November 1942; wreck located by RV Petrel in 2019
Images
Sources
- Japanese battleship Hiei – WikipediaWebsite
- 比叡 (戦艦) – WikipediaWebsite