Battlecruisers
Japanese "Hiei"
 - Kongo Class Battlecruiser -
1933-1934 she received a modernization and reconstruction to a battlecruiser again
1942-11-13: sunk by torpedoes and gunfire at Guadalcanal
 >1934 Line Drawing of Hiei post modernazation  FU
Technical Data
Re-Built:
Displacement:
Dimensions:
Propulsion:
Max. Speed:
Range:
Crew: 		1934
31,720 / 35,700 ts
214.6 × 28.0 × 8.4 m
136,000 shp; 8 Kampon boilers; 4 Parsons Geared turbines/shafts
30 kts
8,000 nm @ 10 kts
1,200
Tactical Data
Main:
Secondary:
AA:
Torpedoes:
Planes:
Armor:
Radar:		 8×356 cal 45 [4×2]
14×152 cal 50
10×127 cal 40; 4x40; 8x13.5 machine guns
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3x1
deck: 203; belt: 70; turrets: 228;  ?
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Quellen/Sources: GG, NK
Updated: 12/04/06 © hgs 07/00
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