Kii-class battleship
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The Kii-class battleship was a planned but never completed class of Japanese fast battleships intended to combine heavy armament with high speed in the interwar Imperial Japanese Navy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship class
ⓘ
planned battleship class ⓘ |
| armamentCategory |
anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
main battery guns ⓘ secondary battery guns ⓘ |
| cancellationReason | naval treaty limitations and changing priorities ⓘ |
| classification | capital ship ⓘ |
| constructionStatus | cancelled before completion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Japanese naval architects ⓘ |
| designedFor |
heavy armament
ⓘ
high speed ⓘ |
| designGoal | combine battleship protection with battlecruiser speed ⓘ |
| designInfluence |
Amagi-class battlecruiser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tosa-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| intendedArmamentType | large-caliber naval guns ⓘ |
| intendedRole | fast battleship ⓘ |
| intendedSpeedClass | fast capital ship ⓘ |
| intendedTheater | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineContext | Japanese 8-8 fleet program ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neverLaidDown | true ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| plannedHullType | all-steel hull ⓘ |
| plannedNumberOfShips | 4 ⓘ |
| plannedPropulsionType | steam turbines ⓘ |
| plannedSuccessorTo | earlier Japanese battleship designs ⓘ |
| status | never completed ⓘ |
| treatyContext | Washington Naval Treaty era ⓘ |
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