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IJN Yamato

Yamato (Japanese: 大和), named after the land is now Nara Prefecture of Japan, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and is the flagship of the Combined Fleet Japan . It is a leader in class battleship named it. Yamato, along with her sister ship Musashi with it, is the largest battleships and heaviest ever built

 

Class and type: Yamato Class battleship

Tonnage Displacement: 68,200 tons (test)

                                         69 988 tonnes (standard)

                                         72,000 tons (full load) [3]

Length: 256 m (840 ft) (tide)

   263 m (863 ft) (General)

Beam: 36.9 m (121 ft)

Draft: 11 m (36 ft)

Propulsion: 4 × Steam Turbine

         12 × boilers Kampon

                     4 x axis,diameter three-bladed propeller                      6 m (19 ft 8 in)

                     capacity of 150,000 hp (110 MW)

Speed: 50 km / h (27 knots)

Range: 13,000 km at a speed of 30 km / h

             (7,200 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots)

Shipper Full: 2500-2800

Armed:

1941:

9 × 460 mm cannon (18.1 inches) (3 × 3)

12 × 155 mm cannon (6.1 in) (4 × 3)

12 × 127 mm cannon (5 inch) (6 × 2)

24 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns (8 × 3)

4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns (2 × 2)

1945:

9 × 460 mm cannon (18.1 inches) (3 × 3)

6 × 155 mm cannon (6.1 inch) (2 × 3)

12 × 127 mm cannon (5 inch) (6 × 2)

162 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns (32 × 3, 66×1)

4 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns (2 × 2)

Armor: 650 mm front turret

410 mm (16 in) of armor hip [8] inclined 20 degrees

200 mm (8 in) Center deck (75%)

230 mm (9 in) deck outside (25%)

Aircraft carried: 7 × plane

Flight Equipment: 2 × catapults

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