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Musashi was commissioned at Nagasaki on 5 August 1942, and assigned to the 1st Battleship Division, together with Yamato, Nagato and Mutsu. [22] Beginning five days later, the ship conducted machinery and aircraft-handling trials near Hashirajima .
English: Left to right, Matsudaira Tsuneo, Shimada Shigetaro, Koga Mineichi and Hyakutake Saburō on the deck of the battleship Musashi. 日本語: 左から松平恒雄、嶋田繁太郎、古賀峯一、百武三郎
Until July 1944, Musashi shifted between the naval bases of Truk, Yokosuka, Brunei, and Kure. On 29 March 1944, she sustained moderate damage near the bow from one torpedo fired by the American submarine Tunny. After repairs and refitting throughout April 1944, Musashi joined the 1st Battleship Division in Okinawa. [38]
TOKYO (AP) - A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II says he recognizes photos taken of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by ...
Japanese battleship Shikishima. The Shikishima class (敷島型戦艦, Shikishima-gata senkan) was designed as a more powerful version of the Royal Navy's Majestic-class battleship. [30] The ships were also assigned to the 1st Fleet before the Russo–Japanese War, were present at the Battle of Port Arthur and were slightly damaged during the ...
Musashi: Mar 1938 Aug 1942 Sunk at Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Oct 1944 Shinano: May 1940 completed as aircraft carrier sunk by submarine attack 29 November 1944 Hull 111 scrapped 6 × 6.1-in. Hull 797 cancelled Design A-150 battleship: 70,000 tons 6 × 20.1-in. "Many" × 3.9-in. Hull 798 cancelled Hull 799 cancelled
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The 46 cm (18.1 in) 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval rifle was a wire-wound gun.Mounted in three 3-gun turrets (nine per ship), they served as the main armament of the two Yamato-class battleships that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.