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Kongou is the lead ship of the four Kongou-class fast battleships. Her sister ships are [[Hiei]], [[Haruna]] and [[Kirishima]].  

'''Kongou''' is the lead ship of the four Kongou-class fast battleships. Her sister ships are [[Hiei]], [[Haruna]] and [[Kirishima]].  

Classified as a Fast Battleship in-game. The Kongou-class boasts good all-around stats for daytime surface combat and a slightly higher evasion than other battleships. Battleships generally do not have torpedoes and thus they can not take part in the [[Combat#Day_Combat|closing torpedo phase]], nor gain an additional boost to their [[Combat#Night_Combat|night-time firepower]]. In addition for being the largest surface vessels armed with conventional ballistic weapons, battleships have four equipment slots once fully upgraded and have access to [[List_of_Seaplanes_by_stats|catapult-based seaplanes]] that can enable [[Combat/Artillery_Spotting|daytime artillery spotting with the appropriate equipment setups.]]

Classified as a Fast Battleship in-game. The Kongou-class boasts good all-around stats for daytime surface combat and a slightly higher evasion than other battleships. Battleships generally do not have torpedoes and thus they can not take part in the [[Combat#Day_Combat|closing torpedo phase]], nor gain an additional boost to their [[Combat#Night_Combat|night-time firepower]]. In addition for being the largest surface vessels armed with conventional ballistic weapons, battleships have four equipment slots once fully upgraded and have access to [[Seaplane]]s that can enable [[Combat/Artillery_Spotting|daytime artillery spotting with the appropriate equipment setups.]]

Furthermore, due to her Fast speed she can take part in fleets that require a fleet consisting entirely of fast ships, opening up opportunities for alternate routes in select maps that have branching rules related to fleet speed. As a battleship, she enables an [[Combat#Day_Combat|additional surface shelling phase]] in all daytime combat for both friendly and hostile forces.

Furthermore, due to her Fast speed she can take part in fleets that require a fleet consisting entirely of fast ships, opening up opportunities for alternate routes in select maps that have branching rules related to fleet speed. As a battleship, she enables an [[Combat#Day_Combat|additional surface shelling phase]] in all daytime combat for both friendly and hostile forces.

==Service History==

==Service History==

''Full article: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kong%C5%8D Wikipedia] <br>''

''Full article: [[Wikipedia:Japanese battleship Kong%C5%8D|Wikipedia]] <br>''

'''Kongou''' (金剛, "Indestructible", named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongou-class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Kongou was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan. She was formally commissioned in 1913, and patrolled off the Chinese coast during World War I.

'''Kongou''' (金剛, "Indestructible", named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongou-class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Kongou was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan. She was formally commissioned in 1913, and patrolled off the Chinese coast during World War I.

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*[[wikipedia:Japanese_battleship_Kongō|Wikipedia entry on battleship Kongou]]

*[[wikipedia:Japanese_battleship_Kongō|Wikipedia entry on battleship Kongou]]

* [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22168432 Kongou's Hourlies]

* [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22168432 Kongou's Hourlies]

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[[Category:Kongou Class]]

[[Category:Kongou Class]]

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