Hiei (Japanese: 比叡, named after Mount Hiei) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, …

Feb 6, 2019 · The Imperial Japanese Navy ship Hiei was found lying upside down on the sea floor about 2,952 feet below the surface, more than 76 years after sinking in waters northwest of …

Feb 5, 2010 · HIEI returns fire, but her salvos pass over PORTLAND. DuBose's gunners get off four six-gun salvos that start fires on HIEI. 0159: Cdr Hara's destroyer AMATSUKAZE …

Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) battlecruiser Hiei sunk November 14, 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal north of Savo Island.

On 12 November 1942, Hiei was ordered toward Guadalcanal as flagship of a bombardment force that included her sister fast battleship Kirishima, a light cruiser and more than a dozen …

Hiei (比叡?) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, she was the second launched of four …

IJN Hiei was ordered in 1911 and laid down on November 4th, 1911 by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal as the second of the four-strong Kongo-class. She was launched on November 21st, …

Feb 6, 2019 · The Hiei’s significance stems in part from its status as the first Japanese battleship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, on Nov. 14, 1942.

Hiei (比叡, Hiei) was the second and last vessel of the Kongō-class ironclad corvettes built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the 1870s. They were built in the United Kingdom because …

Seventy to eighty warships are spread across Tokyo Bay. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku (former CO of CV AKAGI), the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, welcomes the Emperor …