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The Japanese plan called for Ozawa's carrier forces to lure the American carrier fleets north of Leyte so that Kurita's 1st Diversion Force (also known as the Central Force) could enter Leyte Gulf and destroy American forces landing on the island. Musashi, together with the rest of Kurita's force, departed Brunei for the Philippines on 22 ...
A battlecarrier is a large, often hypothetical, hybrid naval ship designed to combine aspects of both an aircraft carrier and either a battleship or battlecruiser. This term is primarily used to refer to the following: the American Midway-class aircraft carrier; the Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
Musashi firing her main guns on sea trials, July 26 1942. The main guns were also capable of firing 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) 3 Shiki tsûjôdan ("Common Type 3") anti-aircraft shells. [A 3] A time fuze was used to set how far away the shells would explode (although they were commonly set to go off 1,000 m (1,100 yd) away). Upon detonation, each of ...
Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi, were a central element of Japan's "Decisive Battle" doctrine. The Decisive Battle Doctrine (艦隊決戦, Kantai Kessen, "naval fleet decisive battle") was a naval strategy adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to the Second World War.
(Japanese Cypress) Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ Kaede (Maple) Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 Kashi (Live Oak) May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped 1947 Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR, Jul 1947 Keyaki (Japanese Elm) Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target, 1947 Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) Feb 1944
Aircraft carrier: National Historic Landmark, badly damaged the aircraft carrier Zuikaku [27] USS Intrepid: United States New York: New York City: United States: 1943 Essex class: Aircraft carrier: Helped to sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the largest and most powerful battleship ever made [28] USS Iowa: United States California: San ...
Japanese corvette Musashi, corvette of the Katsuragi-class corvette, of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1886; Japanese battleship Musashi, a Yamato-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II; Musashi (yacht), a super yacht built by Feadship and delivered to business magnate Larry Ellison in 2010