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	Information on Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Imperial Japanese Navy 's Japanese battleship Satsuma was the first battleship in the world to be designed and laid down as an all-big-gun battleship, although gun shortages only allowed her to be equipped with four of the twelve 12-in guns that had been planned.
		The Italian Italian battleship Giulio Cesare was taken by the Soviets as reparations and renamed Novorossiysk; it was sunk by a German mine in the Black Sea October 29 1955.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS Massachusetts, USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS Alabama (BB-60) and USS Texas (BB-35), the British Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior (1860), the Japanese Japanese battleship Mikasa, the Swedish Vasa (ship), the Dutch HNLMS Buffel and HNLMS Schorpioen, and the Chilean Huascar.
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	Japanese battleship Kirishima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eight 14 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, eight 5 inch DP, up to 118 × 25 mm AA Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongo class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913 and commissioned on April 19, 1915.
		From 1933 to 1934, she was reconstructed at Kure, Japan, emerging from her reconstruction as a "fast battleship", 4,000 tons heavier than her original incarnation.
		On November 15, 1942, Kirishima engaged American vessels in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and while inflicting some damage on the USS South Dakota, was sunk by heavy fire from the USS Washington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kirishima (144 words)

	Battleship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The name "battleship" was initially given to first-ratefirst-, second-ratesecond-, and third-rate ship of the lineships of the line during the age of sail.
		The Italian Italian battleship Giulio Cesare''Giulio Cesare'' was taken by the Soviets as reparations and renamed ''Novorossiysk''; it was sunk by a German mine in the Black Sea 29 October 1955.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS North Carolina (BB-55)''North Carolina'', USS Alabama (BB-60)''Alabama'' and USS Texas (BB-35)''Texas'', the British Mary Rose''Mary Rose'', HMS Victory''Victory'' and HMS Warrior (1860)''Warrior'', the Swedish ''Vasa (ship)Vasa'', the Dutch HNLMS Buffel''Buffel'' and HNLMS Schorpioen''Schorpioen'' and the Japanese Japanese battleship Mikasa''Mikasa''.
	www.echostatic.com /Battleship.html (4096 words)

	Japanese battleship Fuso - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Fuso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Japanese battleship Fuso - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Fuso.
		Fuso (Japanese: 扶桑, an old name for Japan), was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Kosho on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Japanese-battleship-Fuso.html (313 words)

	Battleship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This ship instantly rendered all British battleships obsolete, as tBritish vessels would easily be outmaneuvered and their (A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon) cannonballs would simply bounce off Gloire's revolutionary metal armour.
		The ships, while comparatively big for a cruiser, are not battleships; they adhere to the design premise of a large missile (A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer) cruiser and lack traditional battleship traits such as heavy armor and signigicant shore bombardment capability.
		The term "battleship" often makes an appearance in military-oriented (Literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society) science fiction, where they often occupy a role similar to their historical one.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battleship.htm (4473 words)

	Classic Warships 1/350 IJN Battleship Kirishima Review
		In 1934 she was re-rated as a fast battleship and began to obtain the pagoda mast she would carry throughout her career.
		In December of 1941, Kirishima was part of the escort for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, her high speed making her an ideal carrier escort ship.
		Both sides disengage soon afterwards but the damage to the Kirishima is too great and she sinks later that night with the loss of around 300 crewmen.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/cw/kit_cw_kirishima.shtml (1316 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Kirishima (Battlecruiser & Battleship, 1915-1942)
		She accompanied the Japanese aircraft carriers during their 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and was active during the offensive in the East Indies in early 1942.
		During the Solomons Campaign later in 1942, Kirishima was present during the carrier battles of the Eastern Solomons in August and the Santa Cruz Islands in October.
		The battleship Ise is in the distance, beyond Kirishima's bow.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-k/kirishma.htm (419 words)

	Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The name "battleship" was initially given to first-, second-, and third-rate ships of the line during the age of sail.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers while in defence of Singapore.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the English Mary Rose, the British Victory and Warrior, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen and the Japanese Mikasa.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battleship.htm (4204 words)

	IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MYSTERIES
		The Japanese battleship HIEI, and the American cruisers ATLANTA and JUNEAU (of the five ill-fated "Sullivan's brothers" renown) are among the famous ships that went down that night.
		This airfield, begun by the Japanese, and finished by the Americans upon landing at Guadalcanal in August, was judged to be key to the continued survival of the beachhead.
		The HIEI was not to be sunk by Japanese hands, Yamamoto instructed, but left afloat to perform the final service of drawing American fire away from the approaching transports and the secondreformed bombardment group led by her sister, KIRISHIMA.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully03.htm (4363 words)

	Encyclopedia: Japanese battleship Kirishima
		Japanese battleship Kirishima in Sukomo Bay, 1937 Downloaded from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Kongo (金剛;) was the Imperial Japanese Navys first superdreadnought class battle cruiser, and the name-ship of its class.
		USS Washington (BB-56), a North Carolina-class battleship was the eighth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese-battleship-Kirishima (780 words)

	Japanese battleship Fuso -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The improvements included heavier armour belting over the midships machinery spaces, made possible by the opening out of these areas when the original boilers were replaced, and the addition of a torpedo bulge.
		She withdrew from the action but at 03:45 C or Q turrets' (or possible both) magazines exploded and she broke into two sections.
		The bow section was sunk by gunfire from the (A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer) cruiser (Click link for more info and facts about Louisville) Louisville while the stern section sank off Kanihaan Island.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ja/Japanese_battleship_Fuso.htm (572 words)

	Articles - Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Imperial Japanese Navy's Satsuma was the first battleship in the world to be designed and laid down as an all-big-gun battleship, although gun shortages only allowed her to be equipped with four of the twelve 12-in guns that had been planned.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers while in defence of Malaya (Malaysia and Singapore).
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS Massachusetts, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the British HMS Mary Rose, Victory and Warrior, the Japanese Mikasa, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen, and the Chilean Huascar.
	www.foreverd.com /articles/Battleship (4354 words)

	Japanese Battleships
		The Fuso class battleships were characterized by their tall superstructures. Although they were more heavily armed and faster than most foreign battleships of the time, they lacked much in armor. These ships were already out dated by World War II and were easily sunk by US naval Forces.
		The Nagato class of battleships not only was the first Japanese battleships to sport the 16” guns, but also the first in the world to have them. She was also faster and bettered armored than most her counterparts of the day.
		The fourth Yamato class of battleship was laid 7 November 1940. However, it was cancelled in 1942 and scrapped in 1943.
	www.ussmissouri.com /Battleship-Japanese.htm (974 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:U.S.S. Washington sinks Japanese battleship on November 14, 1942.
		On November 15, 1942, the U.S.S. Washington (BB-56) sinks the Japanese battleship Kirishima in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
		The Washington becomes the last battleship to sink another battleship with gunfire, and the decisive action blunts a Japanese counterattack against the U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal.
		Since the Age of Sail, battleships had fought one another for dominance of the seas, but the use of aircraft in warfare quickly rendered such encounters anachronistic.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7128 (400 words)

	Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Japanese came down, as they had planned, at 30 minutes into November 14, and showered Henderson Field with HC (High Capacity) shells.
		Kirishima was flooding, her steering was wrecked, all guns disabled.
		She was abandoned, her scuttles opened, and she went down at 0030, seven miles off northwest of the Savo island, the first battleship sunk by the US battleship since the battle of Santiago in 1898.
	www.everblue.net /1942/savo3.php (1768 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Military Book Reviews
		On the morning of 7 December 1941, there were eight battleships, two heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, 29 destroyers, five submarines, one gunboat, nine minelayers and ten minesweepers, and 24 auxiliaries plus several ancient hulks being used for various purposes (including a cruiser so old she had fought at Manila Bay in 1898).
		She was the last of the four Japanese carriers to be fatally stricken during the battle, and before she sank her air group accounted for the USS Yorktown.
		She then served in the Solomons, where she became the first Japanese battleship to be lost in the war, when she was turned into a burning wreck by about 50 shells of 5-inch to 8-inch caliber off Guadalcanal on November 12-13, 1942, her shattered hulk being sunk that morning by U.S. aircraft.
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	South Dakota
		The main problem with the desire to build a better battleship was the strict 35,000-ton limit that still applied to any new U.S. battleships at the time of the construction of the South Dakota class.
		South Dakota herself stood the test of her armor when she was engaged by the Japanese battleship Kirishima in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		Her armor was never pierced, neither the belt nor the conning tower, but hits in her unarmored superstructure and an electric fault early in the action severely hampered her fighting ability.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/battleships/south_dakota.htm (815 words)

	Japanese battleship Kirishima - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Kirishima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Japanese battleship Kirishima - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Kirishima.
		Here you will find more informations about Japanese battleship Kirishima.
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	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Japanese-battleship-Kirishima.html (172 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		Memorable experiences: Crossing the International Dateline, sinking of the Japanese battleship Kirishima and destroyer Ayanami.
		Was assigned to gunnery 3rd Div., turret #3 as a gun pointer.
		Participated in all major actions and the sinking of Japanese battleship Kirishima.
	www.usswashington.com /profile7.htm (1423 words)

	The Battleship Kongo
		The Japanese battleship Kongô, a ship with a magical name and an important history, was budgeted in 1910 and ordered from the British shipbuilder Vickers in January 1911.
		Battleships had always required masts for spotting, range finding, and fire control, but the need for height increased as possible ranges of targets increased and eyeballing was replaced by heavy optical equipment.
		Victory was no foregone conclusion, since these six Japanese battleships (with an ex-Chinese one thrown in), did not outnumber the Russian squadron in Port Arthur.
	www.friesian.com /kongo.htm (6746 words)

	Japanese battleship Kirishima - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Japanese battleship Kirishima - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth Kongo class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913 and commissioned on April 19, 1915.
		This page was last modified 20:43, 11 May 2005.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Japanese_battleship_Kirishima (158 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Brief History
		In the Third Battle of Savo, she fought and won a classic ship to ship duel with the Japanese Battleship Kirishima.
		This made her the first U.S. Battleship to fight an enemy battleship and the only one to singly destroy one.
		She sank a battleship, destroyer, oil tanker and several transports.
	www.usswashington.com /brief.htm (314 words)

	DANFS: USS Gwin (DD-433)
		Four large Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser rested at the bottom of the sea along with some 250 enemy planes and a high percentage of Japan's most highly trained and experienced carrier pilots.
		The following night the task group found the enemy of Savo Island: battleship Kirishima, 4 cruisers, 11 destroyers, and 4 transports, The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was hot and furious.
		The battle was joined past midnight of 12-13 July and Japanese cruiser Jintsu quickly slid to the bottom, the victim of smothering gunfire and torpedo hits.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd433.html (1345 words)

	real warships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Dakota-class Battleship fought from Murmansk to the Marianas.
		The Society is working to preserve the USS New Jersey in her name state as a museum and memorial.
		A highly detailed & comprehensive page on the battleship Bismarck Dedicated to the memory of all those brave German sailors who gave their lives aboard the battleship Bismarck, and to all the others on the British side who died during the course of Operation Rheinübung.
	www.ponyexpress.net /~crc/warship (894 words)

	Original Artwork: Charles Lundgren: U.S.S. Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Her hull was laid down in 1938, and she was commissioned on 15 May 1941 with Captain Howard H.J. Benson in command.
		At 0001 hours on 15 November 1942, her radar made contact with a Japanese complement east of Savo Island.
		Seven minutes later the Japanese battleship Kirishima was ablaze.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5SB7LY.htm (439 words)

	USN Ships--USS Washington (BB-56)
		USS Washington, a 35,000-ton North Carolina class battleship, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
		During that night action, her sixteen-inch guns fatally damaged the Japanese battleship Kirishima.
		On 1 February 1944, during the latter operation, she crushed her bow in a collision with the battleship USS Indiana (BB-58).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/bb56.htm (766 words)

	Untitled Document
		It seems the old battleship was outdated and it was easier to sink her than to cut her up for scrap.
		The maximum beam of her hull was not directly amidship as with most battleships, but at about three quarters aft.
		From behind the steel wall of the front right turret of the five turrets on the left side of the ship, Norm Zorb fired his share of those 28,062 rounds of five inch projectiles.
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