Japanese battleship Kirishima
| Kirishima | |
| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1911 |
| Laid down: | March 17, 1912 |
| Launched: | December 1, 1913 |
| Commissioned: | April 19, 1915 |
| Fate: | Sunk at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement: | 36,600 tons |
| Length: | 222 m (728 feet 4 inches) |
| Beam: | 31 m (101 feet 8 inches) |
| Draught: | 9.7 m (31 feet 9 inches) |
| Propulsion: | steam turbines, 4 shafts |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 10,000 nm at 14 kt |
| Complement: | 1360 |
| Armament: | Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA |
Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongō-class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913, and commissioned on April 19, 1915. From 1933 to 1934, she was reconstructed at Kure, Japan, emerging from her reconstruction as a "fast battleship", 4,000 tons heavier than her original incarnation.
On November 15, 1942, Kirishima engaged American vessels in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and while inflicting some damage on the USS South Dakota, was blasted into inoperability and set ablaze by heavy fire from the USS Washington. She was scuttled during the night.
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