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 Musashi Japanese super-Dreadnought battleship
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| Quick reference |
| Construction |
| Commissioned: |
5 August 1942 |
| 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 |
| Lenght: |
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 x 18.1 in guns (3×3)
12 x 16.1 in guns (4×3)
12 x 5 in dual purpose guns (6×2)
24 x 25 mm guns (8×3)
4 x 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 pictured leaving Brunei for the battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
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