️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Hiei<unk> and<unk>Kirishima<unk> acted as escorts during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while<unk>Kongō<unk> and<unk>Haruna<unk> supported the invasion of Singapore. <unk> <unk> <unk>
Midway and Guadalcanal. Hiei<unk> and<unk>Kirishima<unk> were both lost during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942, while<unk>Haruna<unk> and<unk>Kongō<unk> jointly bombarded the American<unk>Henderson<unk>Feld<unk> airbase on Guadalcanal. The two remaining Kongō-class battleships spent most of 1943 shuttling between Japanese naval bases before participating in the major naval campaigns of 1944. "Haruna" and "Kongō" engaged American surface vessels during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late October 1944. Kongō<unk> was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine in November 1944, while "Haruna" was sunk at her moorings by an air attack in Kure Naval Base in late July 1945, but later raised and scrapped in 1946.