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Identification |
Hull Id: |
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Christened: |
Musashi |
Construction |
Ordered: |
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Laid down: |
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Launched: |
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Commissioned: |
5 August 1942 |
Constructor: |
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Cost: |
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Yamato class |
Ships: |
Yamato, Musashi, Shinano (completed as aircraft carrier), unnamed unit (hull 111, not completed). |
Fate |
Sunk by American aircraft, 24 October 1944. |
Technical Data |
Displacement: |
65,027 tonnes empty 68,010 tons standard 71,659 tons full load |
Length: |
263 m (862 ft 9 in) overall 256 m (800 ft 9 in) water-line |
Beam: |
38.7 m (127 ft) overall 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in) water-line |
Draught: |
10.39 m (34 ft 1 in) design 11 m (36 ft) maximum |
Complement: |
2,500 |
Machinery: |
4 Kampon geared turbines, generating 150,000 shp (110 MW) Delivered on 4 shafts 3-bladed propellers, 6.0 m (19 ft 8 in) diameter |
Performance: |
Speed 27 knots (50 km/h) Range 11,500 km at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Armament: |
9 × 18.1 in guns (3×3) 12 × 16.1 in guns (4×3) 12 × 5 in dual purpose guns (6×2) 24 × 25 mm guns (8×3) 4 × 13.2 mm guns (2×2) |
Armour: |
Belt 16.1 in Deck up to 9.1 in Barbettes up to 21.5 in Turrets up to 25.6 in Conning tower up to 19.7 in Torpedo bulkhead up to 11.8 in |
Aircraft: |
7 Floatplanes 2 catapults Hanger storage for 5 floatplanes |
 Musashi Japanese super-dreadnought battleship
Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class.
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