Japanese battleship Hiei
Kongō-class battlecruiser
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Hiei was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was the second launched of four Kongō-class battlecruisers, among the most heavily armed ships in any... Wikipedia
Launched: November 21, 1912
Length: 728′
Builder: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Construction started: November 4, 1911
Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Displacement: 36,600 long tons (37,187 t)
Fate: Sunk following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942