Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

IJN Kongo

Kongō-class battlecruiser rebuilt as a fast battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Also searchable as Kongo.

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:45:51Could Nagato, Yamato, and Kongō become museums today?Q&A
  2. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    29:11Where Kongō sits between battlecruiser and fast battleshipNotable Point
  3. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    34:43Modernization can move a ship without erasing its lineageNotable Point
  4. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    37:44USS Sealion's radar pursuit and the sinking of KongōChapter
  5. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:15:19How reconstruction moved Kongō toward a fast battleshipChapter
  6. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:25:38Sealion's radar approach against KongōChapter
  7. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:30:54Sealion's recorded attack and memorialized torpedoesNotable Point
  8. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:35:32The unresolved cause of Kongō's magazine explosionNotable Point
  9. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:37:55Could Type 3 shells explain Kongō's magazine explosion?Q&A
  10. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:39:30Could chemicals reacting with seawater explain Kongō's explosion?Q&A
  11. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:44:01Why Barham's magazine explosion does not settle Kongō's lossNotable Point
  12. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:46:18Where were Kongō's cooking facilities in relation to the forward magazine?Q&A
  13. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:53:35Would Kongō defeat Renown or Repulse?Q&A
  14. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    43:02Aggression became dangerous when it outran formation controlNotable Point
  15. How do Navies Learn from War
    28:36Kongō claims and the hazards of contemporary naval commentaryNotable Point
  16. Bruships 113: Jutland
    12:09Were Type 3 shells a likely cause of Kongō's explosion?Q&A
  17. Bruships 44: Strategy
    2:34:04The Anglo-Japanese alliance linked security and naval technologyNotable Point