Japanese battleship Musashi

Musashi was a Yamato-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Province of Musashi. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki on 29 March 1938. She entered service on 5 August 1942, having been launched on 1 November 1940.

She was one of three ships of her class. The class followed the Nagato-class battleship and was succeeded by the A-150 class.

She displaced 63,000 long tons. She measured 263 m (863 ft) long with a beam of 38.9 m (128 ft). Her designed speed was 27.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 2,500.

Her main battery was nine 460 mm (18.1 in) guns in three triple mountings. Her belt armour was 410 mm (16.1 in). She carried six aircraft. Her machinery developed 150,000 shp.

She was in commission for 1,119 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 August 1945.

She was sunk on 24 October 1944 by aircraft, at 13°07′N 122°32′E. The wreck survives.

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