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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 44617

Kongo
(Japanese battleship, 1913)

Photograph taken after her 1929-31 reconstruction.
Japanese language text at bottom left is a warning against reproduction of the photo. That at right reads (from right to left): "Large battleship Kongo, Haruna, Kirishima". All three ships had a similar appearance during this period.

The original print was received from the Board of Economic Warfare, circa 1942.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 

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27 December 2001