title: Japanese ship Kongō
text: # Japanese ship Kongō
  
  Three naval vessels of Japan have been named Kongō:
  
  * Japanese ironclad Kongō (1877–1909), a Kongō-class ironclad of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  * Japanese battleship Kongō (1912–1945), the nameship of her class of battlecruisers, which were later modified into battleships.
  * JS Kongō (DDG-173), launched in 1991, also the nameship of her class of destroyers.
  
  Additionally, two Japanese ships have been named Kongō Maru:
  
  * Kongō Maru (1934), passenger-cargo ship launched in 1934, sunk in 1942
  * Kongō Maru (1936), passenger-cargo ship launched in 1936, wrecked in 1951
  