Pacific ships

IJN · BB

Kongo

Photos and info
Sunk

Kongo-class battleship. In the battle line off Samar. Not sunk that day.

Kongo classIn the battle line off Samar. Not sunk that day. Sunk by the submarine Sealion on 21 November 1944.

Kongo as completed in England, before the rebuild. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Command

TKTomiji KoyanagiCaptain from 15 August 1941MIMatsuji IjuinCaptain from 16 December 1942TSToshio ShimazakiCaptain from 17 July 1943In command when she was lost, 21 November 1944

Battle off Samar

1944-10-25 · in the battle line; not sunk

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Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off HoraniuBattle of Vella LavellaBattle off SamarOperation Ten-Go
Afloat
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
Afloat
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
Sunk
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
Afloat
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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NoshiroCL · IJN
Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
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OkinamiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle off Samar
Afloat
RaymondDE · DE-341 · USN
Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Samuel B. RobertsDE · DE-413 · USN
Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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St. LoDD · CVE-63 · USN
Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
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ToneCA · IJN
Photos and infoThe loss of EdsallBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle of MidwayBattle off Samar
Afloat
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
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Photos and infoBattle off Samar
Afloat
YukikazeDD · IJN
Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionBattle of the Bismarck SeaBattle off Samar