Talk:Japanese battleship Hiei

Bulges or Bilges?
I am no naval warfare expert, but I suspect the addition of bilges is not a defense against torpedoes. I have read of the addition of bulges, filled with shock absorbing materials. Is this what's meant? Hue White 20:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Anti torpedo bulges, not bilges, were added. -Nibios 19:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Demilitarization to training ship
On the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_training_ship_Hiei.jpg we can see that only aftmost turret was removed, not the both ones, as the article states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.52.79.26 (talk) 23:17, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Guadalcanal material wrong
Hiei did not shell Atlanta's bridge; those shells were friendly fire from San Francisco. Idk what to replace that text with, though. 99.249.94.60 (talk) 06:08, 17 November 2011 (UTC)


 * The ship was struck from shells fired from the USS San Francisco. The information is listed in Hornfoscher's Neptune's Inferno, but I've found an online source that'll substitute. I will correct the pages on the other Kongo Class battlecruisers as well. MG George H Thomas (talk) 18:43, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Date Discrepancy
All - the date listed here for the sinking of Hiei is 14 Nov 1942. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal page has the sinking as 13 November. This is probably an error caused by sources reflecting different sides of the international date line. How do we handle this? user:JMOprof &copy;&iquest;&copy;&#0172; 15:13, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Re: Damage to Atlanta's Bridge.
Since Hiei wasn't responsible for the damage to Atlanta's bridge, it may be best to simply remove that information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.239.146.137 (talk) 03:49, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

This article needs to be fact checked.
I found that somebody incorrectly attributed dye shell colors. Apparently it was deliberate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.64.17.141 (talk) 20:37, 21 January 2021 (UTC)