YAMATO CLASS BATTLESHIP
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NAME
|
BUILDER |
LAUNCHED |
COMPLETED |
LENGTH
(feet/inch)
|
BEAM
(feet/inch)
|
DRAFT
(feet/inch)
|
|
YAMATO
MUSASHI |
Kure DY
Mitsubishi Nagasaki |
8 August 1940
1 November 1940 |
16 December 1941
5 August 1942 |
862 10 oa
839 10 wl
800 06 pp
|
121 01 |
32 11 |
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DISPLACEMENT |
ARMAMENT |
COMPLEMENT |
SHAFT
HORSEPOWER |
SPEED
(knots)
|
FUEL
(tons)
|
RANGE
(NM)
|
|
71659 F
67123 N
64000 S
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YAMATO
9 x 18.1in 45-cal
6 x 6.1in 55-cal
6 x 5-in AA
152 x 25mm AA
4 x 13mm MGs
7 float planes
2 catapults
MUSASHI
12 x 5-in AA
130 x 25mm AA
|
2500/
2800
|
150,000
|
27
|
6300
oil
|
7200
@ 16 knots
|
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ABBREVIATIONS
USED ABOVE |
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NOTES |
YAMATO was sunk 7 April
1945, 130nm WSW of Kagoshima by aircraft of US TF 58.
MUSASHI was sunk 24 October 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea by
aircraft of US TF 38 while enroute to the Battle Off Samar.
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PHOTOGRAPHS |
HIJMS YAMATO
HIJMS MUSASHI
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