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Nagato (Japanese: 長門, named after the ancient Nagato Province) was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Completed in 1920 as the lead ship of her class, she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.
Nagato loaded a regiment of the 28th Infantry Division and delivered them at Okinawa on 11 July before continuing on to Lingga. [60] Nagato lies at anchor in Brunei Bay, 21 October 1944, shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In October 1944, the ship took part in "Operation Sho-1", an attack on the Allied landings on Leyte.
Nagato at anchor, c. 1924. The Nagato-class battleships (長門型戦艦, Nagato-gata senkan) were the third pair of dreadnoughts built during World War I, although they were not completed until after the end of the war. [133] Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.
Pagoda mast on the Japanese battleship Nagato (1944) The typical pagoda mast of Fusō, which towered 40 m (130 ft) above the waterline. A pagoda mast was a type of superstructure erected on a tripod mast that was common on Japanese capital ships that were reconstructed during the 1930s in a bid to improve their fighting performance.
The 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun is a 41-centimeter (16.1 in) breech-loading naval gun designed during World War I for the Imperial Japanese Navy.It served as the primary armament in the Nagato-class dreadnoughts completed after the end of the war and in coast defense mountings.
The attack on Yokosuka was an air raid conducted by the United States Navy on 18 July 1945 during the last weeks of the Pacific War.The Japanese battleship Nagato was the raid's main target, though anti-aircraft positions and other warships at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal were also attacked.
Mutsu, a Nagato-class dreadnought battleship, at anchor, shortly after completion.. The first serious attempt to build an "Eight-Eight Fleet" came in 1910, when the Naval General Staff proposed a building program of eight battleships and eight armored cruisers (by that time, they would inevitably become battlecruisers).
Old battleship Nagato. Sortied 13 June from Tawi Tawi anchorage off NE Borneo [3] Vice Admiral Kakuji Kakuta in Jun'yo Carrier Division 2 (Vice Admiral Kakuta) 2 converted carriers Jun'yō Hiyō (sunk by air attack 19 June) 1 light carrier Ryūhō Air Unit 81 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters 27 Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers 9 Aichi D3A "Val ...