Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ngarava dzehondo dze "Kongō" dzaive ngarava huru dzeJapan Navy panguva yeHondo Yenyika II, dzichitora chikamu mukubatana kukuru kwehondo. "Hiei" uye "Kirishima" vakaita sevaperekedzi panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, nepo "Kongō" uye "Haruna" vakatsigira kupinda kweSingapore. Vose vari vana vakapinda muhondo dze
Midway neGuadalcanal. "Hiei" uye "Kirishima" zvose zvakarasika panguva yeHondo yeNaval yeGuadalcanal munaNovember 1942, apo "Haruna" uye "Kongō" pamwe chete vakapfura mabhomba eAmerica Henderson Field airbase paGuadalcanal. Ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzeKongo-class dzakasara dzakapedza chikamu chikuru cha1943 dzichifamba pakati pezvigadziko zvengarava dzeJapan dzisati dzatora chikamu mumishandirapamwe huru yegungwa ya1944. "Haruna" uye "Kongō" vakarwisa ngarava dzomumvura dzeAmerica mukati meHondo yeLeyte Gulf mukupera kwaOctober 1944. "Kongō" yakanyudzwa uye yakanyudzwa nechikepe chepasi pemvura munaNovember 1944, nepo "Haruna" yakanyudzwa pazvikepe zvayo nekurwiswa kwemhepo muKure Naval Base mukupera kwaJuly 1945, asi gare gare yakasimudzwa uye yakaparadzwa muna 1946.