japanese battleship second class dreadnought battleships built imperial_japanese_navy decade 20th century following japanese ship naming conventions named osaka world war bombarded german fortifications battle saw combat placed reserve disarmed accordance terms years later converted target ship played minor role beginning second sino japanese war beginning pacific war ship attempt allies locations activities japanese aircraft carriers reverted normal role target ship rest war badly damaged allied aircraft carriers struck naval base naval district july ship refloated war scrapped background class ordered june warship supplement program russo japanese war japan dreadnoughts construction delayed severe depression design based uniform inch main gun armament cost considerations prevented guns having barrel length design description unlike sister ship bow feet longer sister ship overall length feet beam feet inches normal draft feet inches displaced long tons normal load crew ranged officers enlisted men fitted pair license built curtis steam turbine sets set driving propeller steam water tube boilers turbines rated total shaft horsepower design speed knots mph carried coal fuel oil range nautical miles speed knots mph main armament consisted caliber inch 41st year type guns twin gun turrets fore aft superstructure caliber inch 41st year type guns mounted twin gun turrets superstructure secondary armament caliber inch 41st year type guns mounted casemates sides hull caliber quick firing inch 41st year type guns ship equipped dozen caliber inch 4th year type guns guns addition battleship fitted submerged inch torpedo tubes broadside stern waterline main belt ship maximum thickness inches amidships tapered thickness inches ends ship inch armor protected casemates barbettes main guns inches thick armor main gun turrets maximum thickness inches deck armor inches thick conning tower protected inches armor construction career laid naval arsenal january launched march completed july cost captain assumed command december ship assigned squadron spent following year training patrolling coast china world war began august sister bombarded german fortifications october november final stage battle assigned squadron december placed reserve refit completion december ship assigned july rejoined squadron time inch 4th year type guns removed inch 4th year type anti aircraft guns added torpedo tubes removed october flagship emperor naval review held review held july placed reserve november overhaul lasted april august transporting empress tokyo toured prayed health husband ship caught typhoon forced escorting destroyer ashore damage battleship disarmed terms stricken navy list october following year converted target ship removal boiler room center funnel armor reinforced able absorb hits millimeter shells kilogram practice bombs changes reduced maximum speed knots mph displacement long tons early february towed incomplete hulk battleship gunnery torpedo damage experiments scuttled february october converted radio control allowed operators aboard destroyer armor deck funnels bridge added strengthen ability survive hits late august command captain transported battalion 4th special naval landing force shanghai area early stages second sino japanese war troops transferred offshore light cruiser transportation ship modified suitable train carrier pilots extensively bomber pilots practicing attack pearl harbor participated fleet review emperor october tokyo bay beginning pacific war command captain sailed taiwan vicinity philippines simulated radio traffic aircraft carriers 1st light carriers effort allied intelligence locations activities japanese carriers rest war stationed bomb torpedo training march june served target time fitted number license built hotchkiss type light guns depth charges carrier air attack july attacked fighters near struck bomb killed men wounded near misses started leak starboard engine room captain decided run ship aground prevent sinking guns subsequently removed ship floating barracks days later ship attacked carrier aircraft hit twice bombs abandoned day stricken navy list november hulk raised june towed scrapping completed august
Japanese battleship Settsu