Imperial Japanese Navy — Battleship class
Fusō-class battleship
Fusō class
The class in numbers
- 2 Completed
- 2 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Battleship
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Built
- 1912–1917
- In commission
- 1915–1944
- Preceded by
- Kawachi-class battleship
- Succeeded by
- Ise-class battleship
- Builders
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 29,326 long tons (29,797 t)
- Length
- 202.7 m (665 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Complement
- 1,193
- Main gun
- 356 mm (14 in)
- Armament
- 6 × twin 356 mm (14 in) guns
- 16 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns
- 5 × single 76 mm (3 in) AA guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
1944
- Displacement, standard
- 34,700 long tons (35,257 t)
- Length
- 210.3 m (690 ft)
- Speed
- 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h, 28.2 mph)
- Complement
- 1,900
- Main gun
- 356 mm (14 in)
- Armament
- 6 × twin 356 mm guns
- 14 × single 152 mm guns
- 4 × twin 127 mm dual-purpose guns
- 96 × 25 mm AA guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese battleship Fusō | 1915 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese battleship Yamashiro | 1917 | Sunk 1944 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Fusō-class battleship on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.