The Kongo-class ships, originally classified as battlecruisers, were designed by the British firm Vickers-Armstrong, and the ships in this class were essentially upgraded versions of the British battlecruiser Lion. Sir George Thurston was the head of the engineering team at Vickers-Armstrong res... C. Peter Chen from ww2db.com
KONGO Four Japanese KONGO Class battlecruisers built in 1912-15 were rebuilt between 1933 and 1940 as fast battleships to act as carrier escorts. Along with her sister ships the HIEI and KIRISHIMA she took part in the major actions off Guadalcanal. The KONGO survived the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf until the end of 1944, when on 21 November she was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Formosa by the US submarine SEALION.
