Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier V
Battleship
Japan
Kongō
In 1910, Japan ordered a new battlecruiser from British company Vickers, and Japanese engineers also participated in the design process. During World War I, Kongō supported Japanese troops during the Siege of Tsingtao and took part in patrol operations. During World War II, the ship covered the landings in Malaya and the Philippines, and she participated...
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In 1910, Japan ordered a new battlecruiser from British company Vickers, and Japanese engineers also participated in the design process. During World War I, Kongō supported Japanese troops during the Siege of Tsingtao and took part in patrol operations. During World War II, the ship covered the landings in Malaya and the Philippines, and she participated in the Battles of Midway, the Santa Cruz Islands, Guadalcanal, the Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf. On November 21, 1944, Kongō took two torpedo hits from submarine USS Sealion and sank a few hours later.
- Credits
- 1,420,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 49,500
- Maximum speed
- 24.9 knots
- Surface detection
- 15.7 km
- Main battery range
- 19.3 km
- Main battery reload
- 31.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 24.9 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 770 m
- Rudder shift time
- 17.2 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 15.7 km
- Air detection
- 9.4 km
- Submarine detection
- 9.4 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 49,500
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 25 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 13–254 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 19.3 km
- Reload time
- 31.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 1.9 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 54.5 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 222 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
356 mm HE Type0
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 5,100
- Fire chance
- 25.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 805 m/s
- Shell mass
- 625 kg
356 mm AP Type5
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 9,000
- Muzzle velocity
- 790 m/s
- Shell mass
- 636 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 356 mm/45 41st Year Type in a twin-gun turret
- Mounts
- 4
- Barrels each
- 2
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 4.3 km
- Mount
- 152 mm HE Type4
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,500
- Fire chance
- 9.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 6.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 825 m/s
- Mount
- 127 mm HE Type0
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,100
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 12.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 725 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 13 mm/76 Type 93 on a twin mount
- Calibre
- 13 mm
- Mounts
- 12
- Aura
- 127 mm/40 Type 89 on a Model A1 mount
- Calibre
- 127 mm
- Mounts
- 4
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 49,500
- Main-battery barrels
- 4
- Secondary barrels
- 18
- AA mounts
- 16
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 24.9 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Kongō (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 230,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Kongō (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 6,500 XP
- Purchase
- 480,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Type5 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 76,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type5 mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 3,600 XP
- Purchase
- 240,000 credits
Propulsion: 75,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 110,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Propulsion: 136,000 hp
- Type
- Engine
- Research
- 2,000 XP
- Purchase
- 240,000 credits
356 mm/45 41st Year Type in a twin-gun turret
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 190,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Fusō
- Research cost
- 42,500 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 7
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 3
- Published battle levels
- 5–7
Cross-nation comparison
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