japanese battleship semi dreadnought battleship built imperial_japanese_navy decade 20th century lead ship class battleship built japan named ship saw combat world war led squadron occupied german colonies pacific_ocean disarmed sunk target accordance terms background class ordered late war naval program russo japanese war unlike previous class pre dreadnought battleships battleships ordered japanese shipyards imported components originally designed dozen inch guns redesigned shortage guns japan reduce costs design description ship overall length feet beam feet inches normal draft feet inches displaced long tons normal load crew ranged officers enlisted men powered pair vertical triple expansion steam engines driving propeller steam generated water tube boilers mixture coal fuel oil engines rated total indicated horsepower designed reach speed knots mph ship sea trials reached knots mph ihp carried coal oil range nautical miles speed knots mph ship completed caliber inch 41st year type guns gun turrets fore aft superstructure fired pound armor piercing shells maximum range intermediate armament consisted twin gun turrets equipped caliber type inch guns turrets superstructure heavy intermediate armament ship considered semi dreadnought equipped dozen caliber inch 41st year type quick firing guns mounted casemates sides hull ship equipped caliber pounder cwt guns caliber pounder guns addition fitted submerged inch torpedo tubes broadside stern waterline main belt class vessels consisted krupp cemented armor maximum thickness inches amidships tapered thickness inches 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 named laid naval arsenal launched november emperor navy minister high officials hand ceremony completed march time launching largest displacement battleship world august ship suffered explosion inch guns failed fire gunnery practice time passed breech opened ignited resulting fire killed crewmen officers lightly damaged typhoon september assigned 1st battleship squadron world war began august served rear admiral flagship second south seas squadron seized german possessions caroline october rejoined refitted naval arsenal served rest war war fitted pounders high angle mounts serve anti aircraft guns ship disarmed naval arsenal comply provisions stricken navy list september converted target ship sunk battleships southern tip near mouth tokyo bay september
Japanese battleship Satsuma