In the murky waters off Guadalcanal, many ships rest on the bottom. The two largest are the Kongo-class battlecruisers/battleships. Hiei and Kirishima.

These two ship sank in nearly identical fashion, breaking in two and rolling over as they fell to the bottom. Hiei, however, came out worse. Much more of her hull broke away, as we'll see in this video.

However, being as the ship is upside down, a lot of the most interesting bits are buried or missing. Still, I find this a fascinating wreck to look at.

(I will, ideally, cover Kirishima in a future video)

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