Kirishima Damage Analysis - NavWeaps

All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author. Kirishima Damage Analysis By Robert Lundgren Edited by Tony DiGiulian Kirishima in March 1940 at Kure, Japan Photograph from Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Battleships and Battle Cruisers, edited by Kazushige Todaka 28 September 2010 Page 1. Kirishima Damage Analysis 1. Introduction There were only two battleship vs. battleship actions in the Pacific during World War II. Kirishima 's duel with Washington and South Dakota on 14-15 November 1942 was the first of these actions. This pitted two of the most modern and newest US battleships against one of Japan's oldest battleships. For a detailed report on this action, see What has been written about her final hours has largely been taken from a single USSBS Interrogation of Tokuno Horishi.

Kirishima Damage Analysis Kirishima_Damage_Analysis.doc 28 September 2010 Page 5 were apt to go clear through the superstructure of small vessels before detonating.3 This was common for AP rounds as the thin steel in the superstructure did not provide enough deceleration to activate the fuze.

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