<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Imikhumbi yempi yohlobo lwe Kongō yayiyimikhumbi yempi esebenzayo kakhulu ye-Japanese Navy phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, ihlanganyela ekulweni okukhulu kwempi. I-Hiei ne-Kirishima basebenza njengabaqaphi ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa iPearl Harbor, kuyilapho i-Kongō ne-Haruna basekela ukuhlaselwa kweSingapore. Bobane babambe iqhaza ezimpini zaseMidway  <response>: neGuadalcanal. I- Hiei ne- Kirishima zalahleka zombili ngesikhathi seMpi Yasolwandle yaseGuadalcanal ngoNovemba ka-1942, ngenkathi i- Haruna ne- Kongō ngokuhlanganyela beqhumisa isisekelo sezindiza saseMelika i-Henderson Field eGuadalcanal. Imikhumbi yempi emibili esele yohlobo lweKongo yachitha isikhathi esiningi ngo-1943 ihamba phakathi kwezisekelo zemikhumbi yempi yaseJapane ngaphambi kokubamba iqhaza emikhankasweni emikhulu yempi yasolwandle ka-1944. I-Haruna ne-Kongō bahlasela imikhumbi yaseMelika ngesikhathi seMpi yaseLeyte Gulf ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 1944. I- Kongō yacekelwa phansi futhi yacwiliswa ngesikebhe sangaphansi kwamanzi ngoNovemba 1944, ngenkathi i- Haruna yacwiliswa ezindaweni zayo zokumisa ngokuhlaselwa emoyeni eKure Naval Base ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 1945, kodwa kamuva yaphakanyiswa futhi yachithwa ngo-1946. 