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Kirishima (Japanese: 霧島, named after Mount Kirishima) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval engineer George Thurston , she was the third launched of the four Kongō -class battlecruisers .
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
At least two warships of Japan have borne the name Kirishima: Japanese battleship Kirishima , a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy , commissioned in 1915 and named after the volcano JS Kirishima , a destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned in 1995
Japanese naval planners calculated that in any conflict with the U.S. Navy, Japan would need a fleet at least 70 percent as strong as the United States' in order to emerge victorious. To that end, the concept of the Eight-Eight fleet was developed, where eight battleships and eight battlecruisers would form a cohesive battle line. [2]
TOKYO (AP) - A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II says he recognizes photos taken of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by ...
Imperial Japanese Navy: Battleship: 188 [13] 14 November 1942 [49] Ironbottom Sound [49] Unknown Kirishima Imperial Japanese Navy: Battleship 212 [14] 15 November 1942 [49] Ironbottom Sound [49] Upside down in 4,000 feet (1,200 m) of water, bow missing (separated from main hull, condition unknown). [19] Kongō Imperial Japanese Navy: Battleship ...
3rd Battleship Division, 2nd Section Rear Admiral Tamotsu Takama in Haruna 2 Kongo-class fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery) Haruna (Rear Adm. Takama) Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes Kirishima (Capt. Sanji Iwabuchi) Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes Screening Force 10th Destroyer Squadron
The Edsall evaded more than 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships, deploying a smokescreen and extensive evasive maneuvers before it was brought down, prompting one Japanese combatant to nickname ...