Haruna. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Kongo-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item reported that although not for 100% confirmed possessed the Japanese navy over 10-11 battleship in operating condition or capable or almost immediate readiness for sea. What the status of the battleship Haruna was was unknown. She was reported as sunk but Batdiv 3 (believed to be in the Indies Area) seemed to number four capital ships of older types or Kongo-class including the Haruna. The whole class was completed as battle cruisers in 1915, had a speed of 26 knots and probably grouped together als one unit.(1)
Note
1. Building ordered in 1911, laid down by Kawasaki Shipyards on 16 March 1912, launched on 14 December 1913, commissioned on 19 April 1915, since 1941 part of 3rd Battleship Division, active in the Dutch East Indies 1942, sunk at her moorings at Kure during an air attack of Task Force 38 on 28 July 1945, salvaged and broken up in 1946.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 115 dated 4 April 1942
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