Ship:ARP Kongō

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A Battleship of the "Fleet of Fog". Modeled after the lead ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's ''[[Kongo]]''-class, ''Kongo''. As the flagship of the "First Oriental Fleet", her Mental Model "Kongō" honors the Admiralty Code above all else. She seeks to eliminate the submarine ''I-401'', who chose to deviate from the Code. This warship has been specially designed for World of Warships, and is modeled after ''[[Kongo]]'' as she appears in "ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL -ARS NOVA-".

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While ARP ''Kongo'' is a great reproduction of ''[[Kongo]]'' as she appears in the anime series Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-, she unfortunately (and fortunately for every-ship else) does not come with the overwhelming firepower, blistering speed, submergence ability, matter destroying corrosive warheads, annihilating super-graviton cannon, and impenetrable wave force armor of ''Kongo'' in Ars Nova. In other words, in the game she is a standard ''Kongo'', and will have to resort to intelligent tactics like any other warship to gain an upper hand.

As she performs exactly like standard ''Kongo''(C), see the article on ''[[Kongo]]'' for her performance appraisal.

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* All the pros of the standard ''[[Kongo]]''.
* Comes with a number of free Commander Skill points (varies by region and event).
* Special unique announcer (voiced by her voice actor from the ''Ars Nova'' series).
* Captains can be transferred to and from other ships of IJN.

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* All the cons of the standard ''[[Kongo]]''.
* Voice notifications of unique commander are in Japanese. (Not a problem for players who can understand or learn the Japanese however)

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ARP ''Kongo'' comes fully upgraded, with the same upgrade slots found on Kongo and a captain which may or may not have free Commander Skill points, depending on the event and region.

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As this ship is basically a copy of the tech tree ''[[Kongo]]'', the recommended upgrades are the same:
* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}<nowiki>*</nowiki>
* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}} 
* '''Slot 3''': {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}}<nowiki>*</nowiki>

'''Slot 1''' provides players with the first option in choosing a desired role. Typically, {{Main Armaments Modification 1}} is recommended to provide additional survivability to the main battery, but players who desire to specialize in the secondary or anti-aircraft armament should choose {{Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1}}.

'''Slot 3''' allows for further specialization. Generally, {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}} is recommended because it reduces shell dispersion of the main and secondary armaments. To increase the effectiveness of the anti-aircraft armament, mount {{AA Guns Modification 1}}. Players wishing to specialize for secondaries should mount {{Secondary Battery Modification 1}}.

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As this ship is basically a copy of the tech tree ''[[Kongo]]'', the following recommended commander skills for maximum effectiveness are the same. However, as it is a copy, players can experiment with different commander skill builds.

{{Commander Skills 3 BB
| rating11 = 2 <!-- Gun Feeder -->
| rating12 =  <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
| rating13 = 1 <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
| rating14 = 2 <!-- Emergency Repair Specialist -->
| rating15 =  <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
| rating16 = 1 <!-- Preventive Maintenance / has NO EFFECT on AA/secondaries -->

| rating21 = 3 <!-- Grease the Gears -->
| rating22 =  <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
| rating23 = 1 <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
| rating24 = 2 <!-- Vigilance -->
| rating25 = 2 <!-- Priority Target -->
| rating26 =  <!-- AA Gunner -->

| rating31 =  <!-- Super-Heavy AP Shells -->
| rating32 =  <!-- Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells -->
| rating33 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
| rating34 = 3 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
| rating35 =  <!-- Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection -->
| rating36 =  <!-- Expert AA Marksman -->

| rating41 =  <!-- Swift in Slience -->
| rating42 =  <!-- Improved Secondary Battery Aiming -->
| rating43 =  <!-- Close Quarters Combat -->
| rating44 = 3 <!-- Emergency Repair Expert -->
| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| rating46 = 3 <!-- Fire Prevention Expert -->
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Just like the tech tree ''[[Kongo]]'', players have access to the following [[Ship:Consumables|consumables]] on ARP ''Kongo'':
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}}
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}}
* '''Slot 3:''' {{Spotting Aircraft}}
  
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Mounts the [[Ship:Camouflage#Permanent_Camouflage|ARPEGGIO- ARP Kongo]] camouflage 

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As this ship is basically a copy of the tech tree ''[[Kongo]]'', the following recommended signals for maximum effectiveness are the same. However, as it is a copy, players can experiment with different signals combinations.

{{Signal Flags
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| November Echo Setteseven =  <!-- +5% AA damage -->
| Mike Yankee Soxisix = 1  <!-- Secondaries: +5% range, -5% reload, -5% dispersion-->
| India X-Ray         = 1 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +5% you detonate -->
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone = 2 <!-- +15% flood, +5% you detonate -->
| Victor Lima         = 2 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +4% flood -->
| Hotel Yankee        = 1 <!-- ram someone -->

| November Foxtrot = 1 <!-- -5% Consumables reload -->
| Sierra Mike      = 2 <!-- +5% speed -->
| India Delta      = 3 <!-- +20% HP from Repair Party -->
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo = 3 <!-- -20% flood duration -->
| India Yankee     = 3 <!-- -20% Fire duration -->
| Juliet Charlie   =  <!-- No Detonate -->

| X-Ray Papa Unaone = 0 <!-- +15% Smoke Gen action time -->
| Sierra Bravo      = 0 <!-- +10% Hydro action time;  -10% DAAF reload time -->
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Kongo Mental Model.jpg|''Kongo''’s mental model, and captain in the game.
Ars Nova Kongou.png|''Kongo'' as she appears in Ars Nova.
ARP Kongo Yokosuka Port 2.jpg|''Kongo'' in Yokosuka port, modeled after her appearance in Ars Nova.
ARP Kongo Yokosuka Port.jpg|''Kongo'' in Yokosuka port, showing her luminous patterns.

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''Kongō'' (kanji: 金剛, katakana: コンゴウ)
The flagship of the Second Oriental Fleet and Yamato's second in command.

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Drama CD) Yukana Nogami (Anime)

==== Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- ====
In 2038, a mysterious fleet of warships, who have lurked around the world in the decades decades before, went on the offensive against humanity. Modeled after ships that appeared in World War II, but possessing weaponry far superior to those in humanity's possession and protected by an indestructible barrier immune to whatever we have to throw at them, humanity quickly loses control of the seas and our military forces are annihilated in the desperate battles against them. The result was a world where humanity's presence in the oceans is no more, with communication via the seas cut off and humans isolated from each other, blockaded by the "Fleet of Fog". 

In 2054, a change became across the Fleet of Fog. The ships of the Fog, impersonal and faceless, started developing "Mental Models", human avatars capable of thinking in ways similar to human beings, with personalities unique to each Mental Model. One of these was the ''I-401'', or, Iona, who made contact with Gunzō Chihaya to become his ship. Gunzō, with Iona and a small band of friends who now crew the ''I-401'', as Blue Steel now seek to create a balance to this lopsided status quo with the Fleet of Fog, to bring a peace where humanity and the Fleet of Fog can happily coexist together.

''Kongō'' (Kongou), in the Ars Nova anime adaptation of the Arpeggio of Blue Steel (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio 蒼き鋼のアルペジオ) manga, commands one of the fleets that are blockading Japan.  Aware of the I-401's existence, she assigns the heavy cruiser ''[[Ship:ARP_Takao|Takao]]'' to intercept the ''I-401''’s attempt to reach Yokosuka port.  ''Takao'' falls victim to the ''I-401'', however, and ends up switching sides so that the ''I-401''’s human commander, Gunzō, might command her.  ''Kongō'' sees this as blasphemy and in blatant disregard to the Admiralty Code.  She also sends the fast battleships ''[[ship:ARP Haruna|Haruna]]'' and ''[[ship:ARP Kirishima|Kirishima]]'' to assault Yokosuka and draw out the ''I-401''.  ''Kongō'' becomes increasingly vexed as these two ships also fall to the ''I-401'' and her human commander Gunzō.  As a result, she devotes all her resources to pursuing Iona and the other Mental Models who joined Blue Steel.  She believes to be acting abnormally due to their contact with Gunzō. After several other altercations, a large battle ensues.  Will Iona be able to get ''Kongō'' to listen to reason, or will she ultimately fall to Kongō's plans?

In the Cadenza film, she returns wearing a different outfit and helps to save ''I-401'' and restore her systems from the Student Council Fleet. She then engages in a fight with her sister ''[[Ship:ARP_Hiei|Hiei]]'', allowing ''I-401'' to deal with ''Musashi''.  Her actions put the ''I-401'' on equal footing in the climax of the movie, but can the ''I-401'' and her human crew exploit the opportunity?

Sadly, ''Kongō''’s role in the manga is more peripheral, often seen as a character who is on the sidelines communicating with the other Mental Models.  Her role comes to fruition in later chapters, however.<br />

==== Historical ====
''Kongō'' (金剛, "Indestructible", named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the ''Kongō'' class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built, and the last capital ship to be built outside Japan. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. ''Kongō'' was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan. She was formally commissioned in 1913, and patrolled off the Chinese coast during World War I.
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''Kongō'' underwent two major reconstructions. Beginning in 1929, the Imperial Japanese Navy rebuilt her as a battleship, strengthening her armor and improving her speed and power capabilities. In 1935, her superstructure was completely rebuilt, her speed was increased, and she was equipped with launch catapults for floatplanes. Now fast enough to accompany Japan's growing carrier fleet, ''Kongō'' was reclassified as a fast battleship. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, ''Kongō'' operated off the coast of mainland China before being redeployed to the Third Battleship Division in 1941. In 1942, she sailed as part of the Southern Force in preparation for the Battle of Singapore.
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''Kongō'' fought in a large number of major naval actions of the Pacific War during World War II. She covered the Japanese Army's amphibious landings in British Malaya (part of present-day Malaysia) and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1942, before engaging American forces at the Battle of Midway and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Throughout 1943, ''Kongō'' primarily remained at Truk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands, Kure Naval Base (near Hiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (near Nagasaki), and Lingga Roads, and deployed several times in response to American aircraft carrier air raids on Japanese island bases scattered across the Pacific. The Kongō participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 (October 22–23), engaging and sinking American vessels in the latter. ''Kongō'' was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS ''Sealion'' while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944. She was the only Japanese battleship sunk by submarine in the Second World War, and the last battleship sunk by submarine in history.

==== Miscellaneous ====
The pagoda mast of ARP ''Kongō'' is inaccurate, as the game's model of ''Kongō'' (on which ARP ''Kongō'' is based); it is actually modeled after ''Hiei''. ''Hiei'' sported a mast that was distinct from that of her sisters, which was a prototype of the masts that were eventually given to ''[[Yamato]]'' and ''Musashi''. Also, ARP ''Kongō'' lacks the air search radar that was fitted on top of her range finder, and while there is a fully textured plane on ARP ''Kongō'', the Fleet of Fog ships in ''Ars Nova'' never carried aircraft.

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Установка ордий главного калибра.jpg|A 14-inch gun being installed aboard ''Haruna'', October 1914.
Haruna at Yokosuka 1916.jpg|''Haruna'' at Yokosuka, 11 September 1916.
Kongo after reconstruction.jpg|Kongō following her first reconstruction.
Japanese training ship Hiei.jpg|Hiei in 1933, as a training ship.
Haruna 1934.jpg|''Haruna'' in 1934, following her second reconstruction.
Киришима.jpeg|''Kirishima'' off Amoy, China, in 1938.
Japanese battleships Yamashiro, Fuso and Haruna.jpg|''Yamashiro'', ''[[Fuso]]'' and the fast battleship ''Haruna'' in the late 1930s.
Hiei1942.png|A diagram of ''Hiei'' as she appeared in 1942, showing her superstructure which differs significantly from her sisters.
Kongo1944.png|A diagram of ''Kongo'' as she appeared in 1944, showing her late-war enhanced AA protection and reduced casemate guns.
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kong%C5%8D Japanese battleship ''Kongō'' - Wikipedia]
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D-class_battlecruiser ''Kongō''-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia]
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{{WoWS Ship Changelog Insert|1=
*Added to the game in Update 0.5.2 for the ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL -ARS NOVA- event as a reward for completing special tasks.
*Update 0.5.10:
**Fixed visual effects of the ship.
*Update 0.5.11:
**The armored model of the hull was refined.
*Update 0.6.2:
**Corrected the position of the aircraft on the catapult.
*Update 0.6.12:
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 14.17 km.
**Detection distance of Kawanishi E7K carrier-based aircraft was adjusted to the correct value. Detection by aircraft now 7 km, from ships increased to 8 km.
*Update 0.6.13:
**Improved display of thin elements.
*Update 0.6.14:
**Improved display of thin elements. The changes do not affect game balance in any way.
*Update 0.7.1:
**It became possible to dismiss unnecessary commanders. Please note: after the dismissal of commanders, they can no longer be received on the account.
*Update 0.7.4:
**Added the option to sell the ship (for 1,125,000 credits).
*Update 0.7.6:
**Improved display of thin elements on the body kit.
*Update 0.7.11:
**Armor-piercing shells of 152-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
*Update 0.8.1:
**Fixed maximum firing range. It now matches the maximum firing range of battleship Kongo with improved FCS.
*Update 0.8.10:
**The ship's special visual style is highlighted as a separate permanent camouflage with standard combat bonuses. You can also put special upgrades and other camouflages besides permanent ones. When camouflages are hidden through the additional content settings menu, the camouflage is removed.
*Update 0.9.0:
**Converted into a premium ship. Now it receives increased credit earnings, and its permanent camouflage provides economic bonuses.
*Update 0.9.3:
**Minor fixes to textures and ship model.
*Update 0.9.6:
**The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 770 m to correct prior discrepancy.
*Update 0.10.0:
**The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.3 km.
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