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Haruna

Class	Kongo class
Type	Battleship (BB)
Fate	Sunk. Screened the carriers at Midway and was not sunk there. In Kurita's line off Samar and was not sunk that day. American carrier aircraft sank her at Kure on 28 July 1945. Not credited to one plane.
Armament (class)	Four twin 14-inch turrets and two funnels. Fast battleships.
Command	Takama, Tamotsu Captain from 20 August 1941 Ishii, Keishi Captain from 20 June 1942 Morishita, Nobuei Captain from 15 June 1943 Shigenaga, Kazue Captain from 25 January 1944 Yoshimura, Masatake Captain from 20 December 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Haruna was a sister of Kongo, launched at Kobe on 14 December 1913 and rebuilt as a fast battleship. At Midway she screened the carriers with Kirishima and was not sunk.

On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's line off Samar. She was in the chase of the escort carriers. No ship sunk that morning is credited to her alone. She was not sunk.

She was still in service the next summer. On 28 July 1945 American carrier aircraft sank her at Kure. Not credited to one plane.

The pictures on this page are the originals.