Japanese battleship HIJMS Hiei (as a training ship) in August 1933

Original description:
Hiei (Japanese training ship, ex-battlecruiser, 1914)

In port, August 1933, with bedding airing on her lifelines. Her broadside battery of six-inch guns had been removed by this time. Note the recesses in her hull side where side armor had been located prior to her conversion to a training ship.

The original photograph came from Office of Naval Intelligence files.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 89175

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/hiei2.htm

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xfer from WP Image of same name. Performed by Mak 02:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)