Of the eight battlecruiser hulls laid down by Japan (the four "Kongō" and four "Amagi" class), none survived the Second World War. "Amagi" was being converted to an aircraft carrier when its hull was catastrophically damaged by the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 and subsequently broken up, while the last two of the "Amagi" class were scrapped in 1924 according to the terms of the Washington Treaty. was converted to an aircraft carrier in the 1920s, but was scuttled after suffering severe damage from air attacks during the Battle of Midway on 5 June 1942. The four "Kongō"-class ships were lost in action as well: two during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942, one by American submarine in November 1944, and one by American aircraft at Kure Naval Base in July 1945.