HIJMS Nagato

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HIJMS Nagato was a Japanese battleship, famed as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later sunk as a target during postwar nuclear tests.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship
warship
armament 20.3 cm (8 in) secondary guns (as originally built)
8 × 41 cm (16 in) main guns
beam approximately 29 meters
builtAt Kure Naval Arsenal
capturedBy United States Navy
category Capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Operation Crossroads target ships
Ships sunk as targets
World War II battleships of Japan
commissionedOn 1920-11-25
countryOfOrigin Japan
crewComplement about 1,300 officers and men (wartime)
decommissionedByJapan 1945
displacement about 32,000 tons standard
draft approximately 9.5 meters
fate sunk as a target ship
flagshipOf Isoroku Yamamoto
surface form: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
flagshipPeriod early 1920s to 1941
hullNumber Battleship No. 1
laidDownOn 1917-08-28
launchedOn 1919-11-09
length approximately 215 meters
locationOfWreck near Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
modernizationDetails received improved armor, machinery, and anti-aircraft armament
modernized 1930s
namesake Nagato Province NERFINISHED
notableEvent served as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor
notableFeature first battleship in the world completed with 16-inch guns
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor (as flagship, not present at the attack site)

Operation Crossroads
World War II
postwarUse target ship for nuclear tests
propulsion steam turbines
roleDuringWorldWarII flagship of the Combined Fleet
servedAs training ship (late war period)
shipClass Nagato-class battleship
sisterShip Japanese battleship Mutsu
surface form: HIJMS Mutsu
status shipwreck
sunkBy nuclear test-related damage and flooding after Operation Crossroads
sunkOn 1946-07-29
survivedWar true
testSite Bikini Atoll
topSpeed 26.5 knots
transferredTo United States of America
surface form: United States
usedIn radiation effects studies after nuclear detonations

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Bikini Atoll hasShipwreck HIJMS Nagato