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==Service History==

==Service History==

Kongou fought in a large number of major naval actions of the Pacific War during World War II. She covered the Japanese Army's amphibious landings in British Malaya (part of present-day Malaysia) and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1942, before engaging American forces at the Battle of Midway and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Throughout 1943, Kongou primarily remained at Truk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands, Kure Naval Base (near Hiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (near Nagasaki), and Lingga Roads, and deployed several times in response to American aircraft carrier air raids on Japanese island bases scattered across the Pacific. Kongou participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (22–23 October), engaging and sinking American vessels in the latter. Kongou was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944. She was the only Japanese battleship sunk by submarine in the Second World War, and the last battleship sunk by submarine in history.

Kongou fought in a large number of major naval actions of the Pacific War during World War II. She covered the Japanese Army's amphibious landings in British Malaya (part of present-day Malaysia) and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1942, before engaging American forces at the Battle of Midway and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Throughout 1943, Kongou primarily remained at Truk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands, Kure Naval Base (near Hiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (near Nagasaki), and Lingga Roads, and deployed several times in response to American aircraft carrier air raids on Japanese island bases scattered across the Pacific. Kongou participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (22–23 October), engaging and sinking American vessels in the latter. Kongou was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944. She was the only Japanese battleship sunk by submarine in the Second World War, and the last battleship sunk by submarine in history.

==Quotes==

==Quotes==

|WhiteDay2015_Clip = {{Audio|file=Kongou_WhiteDay.ogg}}

|WhiteDay2015_Clip = {{Audio|file=Kongou_WhiteDay.ogg}}

|WhiteDay2015_EN = Hey, Admiral. What's your big White Day return gift for me?}}

|WhiteDay2015_EN = Hey, Admiral. What's your big White Day return gift for me?}}

==Appearances in derivative works==  

==Appearances in derivative works==  

==Trivia==

==Trivia==

*Her name is derived from [[:wikipedia:Mount_Kong%C5%8D|Mount Kongou]], located between Nara and Osaka prefectures, and literally means "Indestructible" or "Diamond".

*All parts used in her construction were manufactured in the U.K.

*She shares a similar design from the ''Revenge''-class and ''Queen Elizabeth''-class Battleships of the Royal Navy (her cousin battleships).

**Coincidentally, her cousin battleships, the ''Revenge''-class HMS ''Royal Oak'' and the ''Queen Elizabeth''-class HMS ''Barham'' were sunk by submarine in the same fashion. In total, there were three British built battleship sinkings in World War II caused by a submarine attack along with ''Kongou''.

*The radar wings that she and her sisters wear share a similar coloration and design to the alternative name for "金剛" which also means "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra vajra]", but may be more accurately "ghanta" (bells). [http://drilbudorje.tripod.com/_Dorje.htm See this page] (scroll to 12th Century) and compare to the CG artwork.

*The radar wings that she and her sisters wear share a similar coloration and design to the alternative name for "金剛" which also means "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra vajra]", but may be more accurately "ghanta" (bells). [http://drilbudorje.tripod.com/_Dorje.htm See this page] (scroll to 12th Century) and compare to the CG artwork.

*Her affinity for tea is based on her British heritage.

*Her affinity for tea is based on her British heritage.