Nagato class battleships



Nagato (as completed)


Nagato (1938)


(as completed)
Displacement33,800t normal, 38,500t full load
Length201.4m pp, 213.4m oa
Width29.0m
Draught9.1m
Machinery4-shafts geared turbine, 21 boilers (15 for oil only, 6 for complex), 80,000shp.
FuelOil 3400t, Coal 1600t
Speed26.5kt
Range5500nm/16kt
Armour100-300mm belt, 300mm turret, 300mm barbette, 38-75mm deck
Armament8-41cm/45cal gun (2x4), 20-14cm/50cal gun, 4-8cm/40cal AA gun,
8-53cm TT (4 above wl, 4 below wl)
Complement1333
(1936)
Displacement39,120t standard, 42,753t trial
Length221.1m pp, 224.9m oa
Width32.96m
Draught9.5m
Machinery4-shafts geared turbine, 10 boilers 82,000shp
FuelOil 5600t
Speed25kt
Armour300mm belt, 70mm upper deck, 125mm middle deck, 300mm+125mm barbette (above deck),
75mm+210mm (below deck), 355mm turret, 100-370mm CT
Armament8-41cm/45cal gun (2x4), 18-14cm/50cal gun, 8-12.7cm/40cal AA gun (2x4),
20-25mm AA, 3 aircraft
Complement1368



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
NagatoFY1916Kure NYd1917. 8.281919.11. 91920.11.25BB1945. 9.15 disc
1946. 7.29 scuttled
(A-Bomb exam, Bikini atoll)
MutsuFY1917Yokosuka NYd1918. 6. 11920. 5.311921.10.24BB1943. 6. 8 Lost
(magazine explosion, Hiroshima bay)
[34.05N, 132.20E]
1943. 9. 1 disc



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