While Kelly was apparently a brave man, he did not sink the battleship Haruna! I haven’t had a chance to find out whether it was a different Kongo class battleship...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Haruna
“Haruna fought in almost every major naval action of the Pacific Theater during World War II. She covered landings of Japanese forces in Malaya (in present-day Malaysia) and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1942 before engaging American forces at the Battle of Midway and during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Throughout 1943, Haruna primarily remained at Truk Lagoon (Micronesia), Kure Naval Base (near Hiroshima), Sasebo Naval Base (near Nagasaki), and Lingga (in present-day Malaysia), and deployed on several occasions in response to American carrier airstrikes on Japanese island bases. Haruna participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, engaging American vessels in the latter. In 1945, Haruna was transferred to Kure Naval Base, where she was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 on 28 July 1945.”
It wasn’t a Kongo class battleship for sure. There were only four of them and from what I know their fates are as follows:
Kongo - Sunk 21 Nov. 1944 in East China Sea. Only IJN Battleship to be sunk by a submarine.
Hiei - Sunk 13 Nov. 1942 in the naval battle around Guadalcanal. It was hit by SBD dive bombers, TBF torpedo planes and even USAAF B-17 bombers.
Kirishima - Sunk 15 Nov. 1942 in the ongoing naval battle around Guadalcanal. One of my favorite naval battles as the Kirishima uses the South Dakota as a punching back while the Washington takes the Kirishima out. The South Dakota even after taking a ton of punishment is still seaworthy.
Haruna - Sunk 28 July 1945. In the waning days of the war, the Haruna is sunk at Kure in shallow water. It was already effectively out of the war by now as BatDiv 1 had been disbanded the previous February and the ship was just on coastal defense duty.
Combinedfleet.com has a more extensive accounting of all these ship’s actions.
Hyperwar purports to have a chronological listing of Japanese naval losses.
No capital ships shown for December, 1941.
To date, 2 destroyers, 2 minesweepers, and a sub.
The minesweepers were the only ships to date lost to army aircraft
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-3.html