Kongō is the name of three naval vessels of Japan: (1877–1909), a of the Imperial Japanese Navy. (1912–1945), the nameship of her class of battlecruisers, which were later modified into battleships. , launched in 1991, also the nameship of her class of destroyers.
Kongō Maru is the name of two Japanese ships: , passenger-cargo ship launched in 1934, converted to a Kongō Maru-class armed merchantman in 1941, sunk in 1942 , passenger-cargo ship launched in 1936, wrecked in 1951