 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - 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 dzeMidway 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. 