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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 .
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]
He served at the school until 1 August 1944, when he was attached to Battleship Division (BatDiv) 1. On 12 August 1944, he relieved RADM Asakura Bunji as commanding officer of battleship Musashi. Promoted to rear admiral on 15 October 1944, Inoguchi commanded Musashi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Yamato and Musashi, the two largest battleships ever built [153] The Yamato -class battleships ( 大和型戦艦 , Yamato-gata senkan ) were built at the beginning of the Pacific War. The ships were the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed. [ 154 ]
With Musashi she left the fleet on 24 June for the short journey to Kure, where she received five more triple 25 mm anti-aircraft mounts. [26] The opportunity was taken to put in place "emergency buoyancy keeping procedures". These resulted in the removal of almost every flammable item from the battleship, including linoleum, bedding, and ...
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.
Battleship Musashi under attack. Watanabe was one of 1,376 survivors of the 2,399 military personnel aboard the Musashi when it sank. [4] Watanabe wrote about his experiences on the Musashi in the book Senkan Musashi no Saigo, or "The End of the Battleship Musashi."
The name Musashi (武蔵) has been borne by three ships of the Japanese Navy and may refer to: Japanese steam warship Musashi, an early steam warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, formerly USRC Kewanee. Japanese corvette Musashi, corvette of the Katsuragi-class corvette, of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1886