Satsuma-class battleship
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The Satsuma-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of Imperial Japanese Navy pre-dreadnought/semidreadnought battleships that marked Japan’s first domestically built capital ships and a key step in its emergence as a major naval power.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
class of warship ⓘ |
| armament |
12 × 10-inch (254 mm) guns
ⓘ
4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ smaller quick-firing guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorType | Krupp cemented armor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder |
Kure Naval Arsenal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Pre-dreadnought battleship classes NERFINISHED ⓘ Semi-dreadnought battleship classes ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1909 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| constructionProgram | Japanese 1904 naval expansion program ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 800–900 officers and men ⓘ |
| designedIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designInfluence | British battleship design practices ⓘ |
| displacement | about 19,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kawachi-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShip |
Japanese battleship Aki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese battleship Satsuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1905 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 148 meters ⓘ |
| mainBatteryLayout | mixed-caliber main armament ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Satsuma Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineRole | line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| navalRole | capital ship ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mikasa-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | home waters and training duties ⓘ |
| propulsion | coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| reasonForObsolescence | superseded by all-big-gun dreadnoughts ⓘ |
| serviceDuring | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType |
pre-dreadnought battleship
ⓘ
semi-dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| significance | first domestically built Japanese capital ships ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | symbol of Japan’s emergence as a major naval power ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 18.5 knots ⓘ |
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