Japanese battleship Mutsu
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Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Nagato-class battleship ⓘ dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament |
12.7 cm guns
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25 mm guns ⓘ |
| armoredBeltThickness | up to about 305 mm ⓘ |
| beam | about 29 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| casualties | over 1100 dead ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | internal magazine explosion ⓘ |
| class | Nagato class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1921-10-24 ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crew | about 1400 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1943-06-08 ⓘ |
| deckArmorThickness | up to about 197 mm ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 32000 tons standard
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about 39000 tons full load ⓘ |
| fate | broken up for scrap after salvage operations ⓘ |
| hullNumber | Battleship No. 4 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1918-06-01 ⓘ |
| launched | 1920-05-31 ⓘ |
| length | about 215.8 m ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking |
Hiroshima Bay
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surface form:
Hashirajima anchorage, Hiroshima Bay
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| mainArmament | 4 twin 41 cm (16 inch) guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryCaliber | 41 cm ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 26.5 knots ⓘ |
| modernizationDetails |
enhanced anti-aircraft armament
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improved armor protection ⓘ reconstructed superstructure ⓘ upgraded machinery ⓘ |
| modernized | 1930s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mutsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | magazine explosion and sinking in 1943 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleInWorldWarII |
fleet flagship at times
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training and support duties ⓘ |
| salvageOperations | partial salvage conducted post-World War II ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 14 cm guns ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipType | battleship ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Japanese battleship Nagato ⓘ |
| survivors | several hundred ⓘ |
| turretArmorThickness | up to about 460 mm ⓘ |
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