Mutsu

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Mutsu was a Japanese Nagato-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served prominently during the interwar period and World War II before being destroyed by an internal explosion in 1943.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nagato-class battleship
capital ship
warship
armamentAA 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 4 twin 41 cm/45 Type 3 naval guns
8 × 410 mm guns
armamentSecondary 140 mm guns
armorBelt up to 305 mm
armorDeck up to about 70 mm
beam about 29 m
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED
casualties over 1100 crew killed
causeOfLoss internal magazine explosion
commissioned 1921-10-24
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Japan
dateOfSinking 1943-06-08
displacementFullLoad about 39000 tons
displacementStandard about 32000 tons
era interwar period
fate destroyed by internal explosion
homePort Kure Naval Base NERFINISHED
hullNumber Battleship No. 4 NERFINISHED
laidDown 1918-06-01
launched 1920-05-31
lengthOverall about 215.8 m
maximumSpeed about 26.5 knots
modernizationDetails enhanced anti-aircraft armament
improved armor protection
upgraded machinery
modernized 1930s
namedAfter Mutsu Province NERFINISHED
navalFleet Combined Fleet NERFINISHED
notableEvent participated in prewar fleet reviews
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
placeOfSinking Hashirajima anchorage, Hiroshima Bay NERFINISHED
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
role fleet flagship (interwar period)
scrapping partial salvage after sinking
serviceEndEra Showa period NERFINISHED
serviceStartEra Taisho period NERFINISHED
shipClass Nagato-class NERFINISHED
sisterShip Nagato NERFINISHED
usedFor fleet exercises
showing the flag
training

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Mobile Fleet notableShip Mutsu