Battleship Fuso

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Battleship Fuso was a Japanese World War II-era dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its distinctive pagoda-style superstructure and its loss at the Battle of Surigao Strait.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
dreadnought battleship
warship
armamentAA anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 12 × 14-inch (356 mm) guns
armamentMainConfiguration six twin turrets
armamentSecondary 6-inch (152 mm) guns
armorBelt up to about 305 mm
armorDeck up to about 114 mm
beam about 28.7 meters
builder Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED
builtAt Kobe NERFINISHED
causeOfSinking torpedo hits and gunfire
commanderAtSurigaoStrait Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura NERFINISHED
commissioned 1915-11-08
conflict Pacific War
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement over 1,400 officers and men
dateOfSinking 1944-10-25
displacementFullLoad over 35,000 long tons
displacementStandard about 29,000 long tons
distinctiveFeature pagoda-style superstructure
engagement Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED
era World War II
fate sunk in battle
fleetAssignment Japanese Southern Force NERFINISHED
hullNumber Fuso NERFINISHED
laidDown 1912-03-11
launched 1914-03-28
leadShipOfClass Fuso-class battleship NERFINISHED
lengthOverall about 205 meters
locationOfWreck Surigao Strait NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed about 23 knots
modernizationFeature enhanced armor
improved machinery
reconstructed superstructure
strengthened anti-aircraft armament
modernized 1930s
namesake Fusō Province NERFINISHED
navalArchitectureType all-big-gun battleship
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
partOfOperation Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
serviceEntryPeriod World War I era
shipClass Fuso-class battleship NERFINISHED
status war loss
sunkAt Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED
sunkBy United States Navy forces NERFINISHED
survivorsCountApproximate very few

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Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura commanded Battleship Fuso
subject surface form: Shōji Nishimura