Kongo-class appearance as battle cruisers. Late 1920s reconstructed into fast battleships. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Haruna as fast battleship. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item referred to O.N.I. reports dealing with the Japanese losses:
destroyed
-Kongo-class battleship sunk by Army bombers off Luzon, Philippines
-a light cruiser and a destroyer sunk by gunfire off Wake Island
-3 standard type submarines sunk, 1 by depth charges 2 by bombs
-2 miniature submarines destroyed and one captured
-9 transports, 3 by Army bombers, at least 4 by Dutch submarines
Probably damaged
-1 Kongo-class battleship
-1 light cruiser, 1 destroyer by gunfire off Midway Island
-2 transports
-1 submarine
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration) mr0422a. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 7 Dated 17 December 1941.


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