Nagato class

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The Nagato class was a pair of Japanese dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century, notable for being among the first battleships in the world armed with 16-inch guns.

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Nagato class canonical 1
Nagato-class 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class
dreadnought battleship class
armament 410 mm/45 caliber naval guns
armamentType heavy naval artillery
armourLayout all-or-nothing armor scheme (modified)
builtFor Imperial Japanese Navy battle fleet
category Japanese battleship classes
World War II battleship classes
classification capital ship class
combatEnvironment blue-water naval operations
constructionMaterial steel
countryOfOrigin Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewType officers and enlisted sailors of the Imperial Japanese Navy
designedAs capital ships
designedBy Japanese naval architects
designedFor line-of-battle engagements
designedUnder Japanese naval expansion programs
designGoal to outgun contemporary foreign battleships
displacementClass over 30,000 tons standard
era World War I era design
gunArrangement two superfiring turrets forward and two aft
gunCaliberMetric 410 mm
gunType breech-loading naval guns
hasMember Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Nagato
historicalSignificance among the first battleships armed with 16-inch guns
hullForm all-steel, flush-deck battleship hull
mainBatteryConfiguration 8 × 410 mm guns in 4 twin turrets
modernization received interwar refits and upgrades
navalArchitectureType centerline turret arrangement
navalDoctrineRole fleet flagship and battle line core
navalGunCaliber 16 inch
notableFeature first battleships in the world designed with 16-inch main guns
numberOfShips 2
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
originPeriod early 20th century
powerType steam-powered
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
rangeRole long-range naval gunfire
secondaryRole fleet flagship duties
servicePeriod World War II
shipType super-dreadnought
strategicRole deterrent against US and British fleets
successorRole precursor to later Japanese fast battleships
technologyLevel interwar modernized battleships
usedBy Axis powers
surface form: Axis powers (through Imperial Japanese Navy)
usedInConflict Pacific War

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese battleship Mutsu class Nagato class
Nagato leadShipOfClass Nagato class
this entity surface form: Nagato-class