Kongō class Fast Battleship (1913-1915)
Specifications (Following 1940 refit)
Weight: 36,601 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 30.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 203mm
- Deck: 57mm
- Over Magazines: 152mm
- Over Machinery: 80mm
- Turrets: 229mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
Armament:
- 8 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (4x2)
- 14 x 6-in/45 caliber 41st Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Kongō (金剛) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | January 17, 1911 | May 18, 1912 | August 16, 1913 | December 7, 1947 | Museum ship in Kobe since 1949. |
Hiei (比叡) | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | April 11, 1911 | November 12, 1912 | August 4, 1914 | November 14, 1947 | Scrapped in Kure, 1948-1949. |
Kirishima (霧島) | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki | March 17, 1912 | December 1, 1913 | April 19, 1915 | | Sunk by American battleships near Necker Island, November 1942. |
Haruna (榛名) | Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe | March 16, 1912 | December 14, 1913 | April 19, 1915 | February 2, 1948 | Sunk for target practice, November 1, 1950. |
Fusō class Battleship (1915-1917)
Specifications (Following 1938 refit)
Weight: 39,154 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 24.7 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Nakajima E4N2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 97mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 305mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 350mm
Armament:
- 12 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (6x2)
- 14 x 6-in/45 caliber 41st Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 16 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (8x2)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Fusō (扶桑) | Kure Naval Arsenal | March 11, 1912 | March 28, 1913 | November 18, 1915 | | Sunk during the Battle of the Queen Charlotte Islands, September 1942. |
Yamashiro (山城) | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | November 20, 1913 | November 3, 1915 | March 31, 1917 | May 6, 1949 | Sunk for target practice near the Caroline Islands, May 1949. |
Ise class Battleship (1917-1918)
Specifications (Following 1937 refit)
Weight: 39,657 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,870 nautical miles
Speed: 25.3 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 97mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 305mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 350mm
Armament:
- 12 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (6x2)
- 16 x 140mm/45 caliber 3rd Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Ise (伊勢) | Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe | May 10, 1915 | November 12, 1916 | December 15, 1917 | September 19, 1946 | Scrapped in Osaka, 1949-1950. |
Hyūga (日向) | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki | May 6, 1915 | January 27, 1917 | April 30, 1918 | August 2, 1956 | Testing ship, 1947-1956. Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1957. |
Nagato class Battleship (1920-1921)
Specifications (Following 1938 refit)
Weight: 42,850 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 10x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,560 nautical miles
Speed: 25 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 127mm
- Splinter Deck: 38mm
- Turrets: 457mm
- Bulkheads: 330mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 457mm
- Conning Tower: 356mm
Armament:
- 8 x 16.1-in/45 caliber 3rd Year main guns (4x2)
- 18 x 140mm/50 caliber 3rd Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Nagato (長門) | Kure Naval Arsenal | August 28, 1917 | November 9, 1919 | November 25, 1920 | March 28, 1953 | Gunnery Training Ship, 1948. Preserved in Yokosuka since 1957. |
Mutsu (陸奥) | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | June 1, 1918 | May 31, 1920 | November 22, 1921 | | Destroyed by internal explosion, June 8, 1943. |
Yamato class Battleship (1941-1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 72,810 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 12x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,200 nautical miles
Speed: 27 knots
Aviation Capacity: 7 Mitsubishi F1M seaplanes, 2 catapults
Armor:
- Belt: 410mm
- Main Deck: 230mm
- Upper Deck: 50mm
- Turrets: 650mm
- Bulkheads: 300mm
- Barbettes: 560mm
- Conning Tower: 500mm
Armament:
- 9 x 18.1-in/45 caliber Type 94 main guns (3x3)
- 12 x 155mm/60 caliber 3rd Year secondary guns (4x3)
- 12 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (6x2)
- 24 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (8x3)
- 4 x 13.1mm Type 93 AA machine-guns (2x2)
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Yamato (大和) | Kure Naval Arsenal | November 4, 1937 | August 8, 1940 | December 16, 1941 | April 9, 1991 | Museum ship in Kure since 1995. |
Musashi (武蔵) | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki | March 29, 1938 | November 1, 1940 | August 5, 1942 | August 16, 1989 | Sunk for target practice, October 6, 1992. |
Shinano (信濃) | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | May 4, 1940 | January 4, 1943 | August 22, 1944 | March 11, 1991 | Scrapped in Osaka, 1998-2001. |
No. 111 (第111号艦) | Kure Naval Arsenal | November 7, 1940 | | | | Cancelled, March 1942. Broken up on the slipway. |