title: Japanese ship Hiei
text: # Japanese ship Hiei
  
  At least three warships of Japan have been named Hiei, after Mount Hiei:
  
  * Japanese ironclad Hiei, a 1870s Kongō-class ironclad corvette of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  * Japanese battleship Hiei, a 1912 Kongō-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  * JDS Hiei, a Haruna-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force from 1974 to 2011.
  