Ship Class: HIJMS Yamato

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Ship Class	HIJMS Yamato


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Ship	HIJMS Musashi HIJMS Yamato
Ship Type	Battleship
Battleship Type	First Class
Battleship Generation	Modern

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1937 Nov 04	1945 Apr 07

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	63 200ton	263.2m	38.9m	10.9m	2 200	4 400

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type
	4	150 000hp	27.46kt	Steam Turbine

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	6 300ton	7 200mile	16kt	16.293day

Ship Classes
	Armour
	21 352ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 1: As Built Armour	6) 1: Installed With Sensor	7) 6:	8) 7: Number Fitted	9) 7: Control Armament
	Gun 3 X JPN 46cm 45cal Type 94 Triple	JPN 46cm 45cal Type 94 Triple		1in Secondary Turrets \| 16.14in Belt \| 7.87in Deck \| 1.9in Upper Deck \| 3.5in Lower Deck \| 25.59in Turret \| 15in Turret Side \| 21.5in Barbette \| 19.5in Conning Tower	JPN Director Type 94 Model 1 Low Angle		2	HIJMS Yamato Gun 3 X JPN 46cm 45cal Type 94 Triple
	Gun 4 X JPN 6.1in 15.5cm 60cal 3 Nendo Shiki Triple	JPN 6.1in 15.5cm 60cal 3 Nendo Shiki Triple			JPN Target Motion Calculator Type 92
	Gun 6 X JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin	JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin
	Gun 8 X JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Model 1936 Triple	JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Model 1936 Triple

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	2	Kure Dockyard Mitsubishi At Nagasaki

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1945 United States Japan 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands 1942 08 23 0100 Battle Of Eastern Solomon Islands	1941-Dec-16 HIJMS Yamato - IJN 1st Battleship Division 1942-Aug-05 HIJMS Musashi - IJN 1st Battleship Division 1944-Nov-15 HIJMS Yamato - IJN 2nd Fleet 1945-Feb-10 HIJMS Yamato - IJN 1st Carrier Division 1945-Jan-01 HIJMS Yamato - IJN 1st Battleship Division

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Battleships Of World War Two	[More]	206	N
Jane's Battleships Of The 20th Century	[More]	80	N

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