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| | + | When she was commissioned, ''Kongo'' was the most advanced battlecruiser in the world. She was the first among battlecruisers and battleships to be equipped with 356 mm main battery guns. Unlike previous Japanese dreadnoughts, ''Kongo'' received a thinner armor belt while her deck armor and torpedo protection were reinforced. |
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| Her captain, if carried over from previous ships, should already have either Basics of Survivability or Basic Firing Training, Expert Marksman, and either Vigilance, High Alert, or Superintendent. For her fourth skill, Advanced fire control, which extends the range of her AA and secondary batteries should be selected. If keeping her or outfitting her almost identical Arpeggio of Blue Steel counterparts, you can ignore Advanced Fire Control, and select among the lower skills, or alternatively select Manual Control for AA Armaments (which requires manual targeting to activate, or your long ranged AA guns won't even fire), which can be combined with the Basic Fire Control Skill and the AA Guns Modification 2 Equipment upgrade to give her fearsome AA capabilities that can shred aircraft squadrons at her tier and lower from long range. If you have the time to grind her or are bringing a captain from higher up the line, getting Concealment Expert reduces her detection range to 13.5 km (14 km for her ARP counterpart), and can make her quite flexible at fighting at medium ranges. | | | Her captain, if carried over from previous ships, should already have either Basics of Survivability or Basic Firing Training, Expert Marksman, and either Vigilance, High Alert, or Superintendent. For her fourth skill, Advanced fire control, which extends the range of her AA and secondary batteries should be selected. If keeping her or outfitting her almost identical Arpeggio of Blue Steel counterparts, you can ignore Advanced Fire Control, and select among the lower skills, or alternatively select Manual Control for AA Armaments (which requires manual targeting to activate, or your long ranged AA guns won't even fire), which can be combined with the Basic Fire Control Skill and the AA Guns Modification 2 Equipment upgrade to give her fearsome AA capabilities that can shred aircraft squadrons at her tier and lower from long range. If you have the time to grind her or are bringing a captain from higher up the line, getting Concealment Expert reduces her detection range to 13.5 km (14 km for her ARP counterpart), and can make her quite flexible at fighting at medium ranges. |
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| The Kongō-class battleships were the most active capital ships of the Japanese Navy during World War II, participating in most major engagements of the war. | | | The Kongō-class battleships were the most active capital ships of the Japanese Navy during World War II, participating in most major engagements of the war. |
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? | '''Kongō''' (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 Kongō 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. Kongō 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. | | + | ''Kongō'' (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 ''Kongō'' class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built, and the last capital ship to be built outside Japan. 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. ''Kongō'' 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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? | Kongō underwent two major reconstructions. Beginning in 1929, the Imperial Japanese Navy rebuilt her as a battleship, strengthening her armor and improving her speed and power capabilities. In 1935, her superstructure was completely rebuilt, her speed was increased, and she was equipped with launch catapults for floatplanes. Now fast enough to accompany Japan's growing carrier fleet, Kongō was reclassified as a fast battleship. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Kongō operated off the coast of mainland China before being redeployed to the Third Battleship Division in 1941. On the eve of World War II, she sailed as part of the Southern Force in preparation for the Battle of Singapore. | | + | ''Kongō'' underwent two major reconstructions. Beginning in 1929, the Imperial Japanese Navy rebuilt her as a battleship, strengthening her armor and improving her speed and power capabilities. In 1935, her superstructure was completely rebuilt, her speed was increased, and she was equipped with launch catapults for floatplanes. Now fast enough to accompany Japan's growing carrier fleet, ''Kongō'' was reclassified as a fast battleship. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, ''Kongō'' operated off the coast of mainland China before being redeployed to the Third Battleship Division in 1941. In 1942, she sailed as part of the Southern Force in preparation for the Battle of Singapore. |
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? | The Kongō 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, Kongō 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. The Kongō participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (October 22–23), engaging and sinking American vessels in the latter. The Kongō 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. | | + | ''Kongō'' 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, ''Kongō'' 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. The Kongō participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (October 22–23), engaging and sinking American vessels in the latter. ''Kongō'' 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. |
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| ==== Miscellaneous ==== | | | ==== Miscellaneous ==== |
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? | Haruna at Yokosuka 1916.jpg|Haruna at Yokosuka, 11 September 1916 | | + | Haruna at Yokosuka 1916.jpg|''Haruna'' at Yokosuka, 11 September 1916. |
? | Установка ордий главного калибра.jpg|A 14-inch gun being installed aboard Haruna, October 1914 | | + | Установка ордий главного калибра.jpg|A 14-inch gun being installed aboard ''Haruna'', October 1914. |
? | Kongo after reconstruction.jpg|Kongō following her first reconstruction | | + | Kongo after reconstruction.jpg|''Kongō'' following her first reconstruction. |
? | Japanese training ship Hiei.jpg|Hiei in 1933, as a training ship | | + | Japanese training ship Hiei.jpg|''Hiei'' in 1933, as a training ship. |
? | Киришима.jpeg|Kirishima off Amoy, China, in 1938 | | + | Киришима.jpeg|''Kirishima'' off Amoy, China, in 1938. |
? | Haruna 1934.jpg|Haruna in 1934, following her second reconstruction | | + | Haruna 1934.jpg|''Haruna'' in 1934, following her second reconstruction. |
? | Japanese battleships Yamashiro, Fuso and Haruna.jpg|Yamashiro, Fusō and the fast battleship Haruna in the late 1930s | | + | Japanese battleships Yamashiro, Fuso and Haruna.jpg|''Yamashiro'', ''Fuso]]'' and the fast battleship ''Haruna'' in the late 1930s. |
? | Hiei1942.png|A diagram of Hiei as she appeared in 1942, showing her superstructure which differs significantly from her sisters. | | + | Hiei1942.png|A diagram of ''Hiei'' as she appeared in 1942, showing her superstructure which differs significantly from her sisters. |
? | Kongo1944.png|A diagram of Kongo as she appeared in 1944, showing her late-war enhanced AA protection and reduced casemate guns. | | + | Kongo1944.png|A diagram of ''Kongo'' as she appeared in 1944, showing her late-war enhanced AA protection and reduced casemate guns. |
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As Kongo is a Battlecruiser and needs to be able to dictate the terms of the engagement as she does not have a lot of armor, upgraded propulsion is the way to go. After this, you should get the B(formerly C) hull not for AA, but for her upgraded shells(like the Germans get with each hull upgrade as well) and a little bit faster turret traverse, and then the range upgrade. Without a C hull anymore, Kongo is a rather short grind these days. As with the propulsion upgrade, the range upgrade helps dictate the terms of the engagement, something that is quite important on a thinly armored Battlecruiser. Getting the range upgrade increases your maximum dispersion, but only by 17 meters which for a battleship is unnoticeable.
For her Equipment, as usual the Main Armaments Modification 1, improving the resilience of her main batteries, and the Damage Control Systems Modification 1, giving a minor improvement to her fire resistance and torpedo protection, should be fitted. At Tier 5, Kongo can mount Slot 2 equipment, of which the Aiming Systems Modification 1 is generally the best choice, improving her accuracy at the long ranges she can fire at.
Her captain, if carried over from previous ships, should already have either Basics of Survivability or Basic Firing Training, Expert Marksman, and either Vigilance, High Alert, or Superintendent. For her fourth skill, Advanced fire control, which extends the range of her AA and secondary batteries should be selected. If keeping her or outfitting her almost identical Arpeggio of Blue Steel counterparts, you can ignore Advanced Fire Control, and select among the lower skills, or alternatively select Manual Control for AA Armaments (which requires manual targeting to activate, or your long ranged AA guns won't even fire), which can be combined with the Basic Fire Control Skill and the AA Guns Modification 2 Equipment upgrade to give her fearsome AA capabilities that can shred aircraft squadrons at her tier and lower from long range. If you have the time to grind her or are bringing a captain from higher up the line, getting Concealment Expert reduces her detection range to 13.5 km (14 km for her ARP counterpart), and can make her quite flexible at fighting at medium ranges.