She left right after commissioning, arriving in Japan three months afterwards. She was only in England for 12 days after commissioning.
What about from the moment she was laid down to constructing and testing and more constructions and more tests? She has PLENTY of time to properly speak English, unless she was build by Japs in the shipyard which of course did not happen.
What about from the moment she was laid down to constructing and testing and more constructions and more tests? She has PLENTY of time to properly speak English, unless she was build by Japs in the shipyard which of course did not happen.
From when Kongou was launched to when she left England was just over a year. I'm not aware of any 15-month-old babies who speak proper English (or any other language). If you count her as being "born" when she was laid down, that's only an additional 16 months. Even adding in the time it took her to get to Japan comes out to less than 3 years between being laid down and being delivered to the IJN.
