Every battlecruiser built was always there to maximize speed and armament at the loss of armor. The same with the Kongo-class of Japanese battlecruisers. During the interwar period of time, all four ships in the class were modernized and had their armor heavily upgraded.
In addition, the anti-aircraft weaponry was also seriously upgraded.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE FOUR KONGO-CLASS SHIPS
Name, Builder, Laid Down, Launched, Completed, Fate.
KONGO: Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness England / 17 Jan 1911 / 18 May 1912 / 16 Aug 1913 / Torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion, 21 November 1944.
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HIEI: Yokasuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka Japan / 4 Nov 1911 / 21 Nov 1912 / 4 Aug 1914 / Sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
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KIRISHIMA: Mitsubishi Shipyard Co. Nagasaki, Japan / 17 March 1912 / 1 Dec 1913 / 19 April 1915 / Sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 15 December 1942.
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HARUNA: Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Kobe, Japan / 16 March 1912 / 14 Dec 1913 / 19 April 1915 / Sunk by U.S. aircraft, 28 July 1945; broken up from 1946.
Interesting that two were sunk with two days of each other. And three were sunk in the month of November. One was built in Nagasaki.
--GreGen
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