Japanese battleship Tosa
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Japanese battleship Tosa was a planned but never completed Imperial Japanese Navy battleship of the Tosa class, intended to be a powerful capital ship in the early 1920s before being cancelled under naval disarmament treaties.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship
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capital ship ⓘ planned warship ⓘ |
| armamentCaliber | 41 cm/45 Type 3 naval gun ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 30.8 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cancelledUnder | Washington Naval Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStatusAtCancellation | nearly complete hull ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| designedAntiAircraftArmament | 4 × 8 cm (3 in) AA guns ⓘ |
| designedArmorBeltThickness | up to about 280 mm ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedCrew | about 1,400 officers and men ⓘ |
| designedDeckArmorThickness | up to about 102 mm ⓘ |
| designedMainArmament | 10 × 41 cm (16.1 in) guns ⓘ |
| designedMainArmamentLayout | 5 twin turrets ⓘ |
| designedSecondaryArmament | 20 × 14 cm (5.5 in) guns ⓘ |
| designedSpeed | 26.5 knots ⓘ |
| designedTorpedoArmament | 8 × 61 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| designPeriod | early 1920s ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 39,000 tons standard
ⓘ
about 44,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | used as target ship ⓘ |
| followedByClass | Kii-class battleship (planned) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | No. 2 Tosa-class unit ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of the Nagato-class refits
ⓘ
subsequent Japanese battleship armor schemes ⓘ |
| intendedRole |
fleet flagship candidate
ⓘ
line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 16 February 1920 ⓘ |
| launched | 18 December 1921 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 234 meters ⓘ |
| namesake | Tosa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| partOfClass | Tosa-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Nagato-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| purposeOfTargetTrials |
testing battleship armor
ⓘ
testing shell performance ⓘ testing underwater protection ⓘ |
| scrapped | after 1925 target trials ⓘ |
| status | never completed ⓘ |
| sunkAsTarget | 9 February 1925 ⓘ |
| sunkLocation | off Japan ⓘ |
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