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History of the Fuso Class Japanese battleships, consisting of Fuso and Yamashiro. Both Battleships were sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf from shell fire from American Battleships. The Japanese Imperial navy requested these ships in 1910 but the finance was not approved until 1911. Both ships were designed by Vickers in the UK but the Armament and Turbines were produced in Japan. Initially the design was to use 12-inch Guns but this was changed to twelve 14-inch guns in turrets of three guns. Their boiler configuration was mad eup of 18 Coal burning boilers and six, oil fired boilers.. Both Fuso and Yamashiro survived world war one and wer emodernised in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1930's, including changing the boilers to all oil fired. this also increased their cruising range. Fuso. Built by the Kure Naval Yard, and was launched on the 28th of March 1914. The Fuso underwent extensive modernization during 1932. One difference between the two ships was the Aircraft catapult which was on the top of C Turret of Fuso compared to being at the stern of Yamashiro. It was planned to turn the Fuso into a Aircraft Carrier but this idea was scrapped after the heavy loss of Pilots after the Battle of The Marianna's. Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the 25th October 1944. Yamashiro. Built at the Yokosuka Naval Yard. and launched on the 3rd of November 1915, she was heavily modernized in 1935. due to their relatively slow speed at the outbreak of world war two, she served mostly in home waters, finally being Sunk on the 25th October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, by 6 US Battleships fire. Battleship Displacement. 34,700 tons. Speed 24.75 knots. Compliment 1396 crew Armament. twelve 14 - inch guns in pairs in six turrets, fourteen 6 -inch guns in single gun turrets and eight 5 - inch anti aircraft guns in pairs. This was altered after the battle of Midway with an extra twenty one 25mm AA Guns. Each battleship had three aircraft |
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| Fuso | 28th March 1914 | Sunk on 25th October 1944. |
| Yamashiro | 3rd November 1915 | Sunk on 25th October 1944. |
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Fuso, 1927. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5680 |
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Yamashiro, 1920s. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5681 |
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The Japanese Imperial navy requested these ships in 1910 but the finance was not approved until 1911. Both ships were designed by Vickers in the UK but the Armament and Turbines were produced in Japan. Initially the design was to use 12-inch Guns but this was changed to twelve 14-inch guns in turrets of three guns. Their boiler configuration was mad eup of 18 Coal burning boilers and six, oil fired boilers.. Both Fuso and Yamashiro survived world war one and wer emodernised in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1930's, including changing the boilers to all oil fired. this also increased their cruising rnage. Fuso. Built by the Kure Naval Yard, and was launched on the 28th of March 1914. The Fuso underwent extensive modernization during 1932. One difference between the two ships was the Aircraft catapult which was on the top of C Turret of Fuso compared to being at the stern of Yamashiro. It was planned to turn the Fuso into a Aircraft Carrier but this idea was scrapped after the heavy loss of Pilots after the Battle of The Marianna's. Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the 25th October 1944. Yamashiro. Built at the Yokosuka Naval Yard. and launched on the 3rd of November 1915, she was heavily modernized in 1935. due to their relatively slow speed at the outbreak of world war two, she served mostly in home waters, finally being Sunk on the 25th October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, by 6 US Battleships fire. Battleship Displacement. 34,700 tons. Speed 24.75 knots. Compliment 1396 crew Armament. twelve 14 - inch guns in pairs in six turrets, fourteen 6 -inch guns in single gun turrets and eight 5 - inch anti aircraft guns in pairs. This was altered after the battle of Midway with an extra twenty one 25mm AA Guns. Each battleship had three aircraft. |
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