Fujimi 60029 1/350 IJN Battleship Haruna 榛名 (Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944) [Premium]

World War Two
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
4th Kongō-class battlecruiser, named after Mount Haruna.
Commissioned:19 April 1915 (reconstruction to fast battleship in 1933)
Second Sino-Japanese War [late 1937]
Invoice of Singapore, Malaya & Dutch East Indies [December 1941 ~ 1942] - Haruna with Maya(摩耶), Hiryū(飛龍) & Sōryū(蒼龍 ).
[9 April 1942] - assited in sinking Royal Navy carrier HMS Hermes.
Battle of Midway [4~7 June 1942] - with her sister ship Kirishima(霧島).
Guadalcanal Campaign - Haruna & Kongō(金剛) bombarded Henderson Field on 13~14 October 1942, with 973 14-inch shells from a distance of 15km.
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal [12~15 November 1942] - Hiei(比叡) & Kirishima(霧島) was sunk.
Battle of the Philippine Sea [19~20 June 1944] - Haruna was hit by two 500 lb armor-piercing bombs on 20 June 1944 from U.S. carrier aircraft. And was drydocked in Kure for repairs and refitting on 24 June 1944.
Battle of Leyte Gulf [23~26 October 1944] - Battle of the Sibuyan Sea [24 October 1944] - Battle off Samar [25 October 1944]
[1945] - Haruna was transferred to Kure for full repairs and upgrading.
[28 July 1945] - Haruna was sunk by American aircraft at Kure. (Hyūga日向 was sunk on 24 July 1945)