Tag: naval
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Japanese Heavy Cruiser Mogami
Japanese Heavy Cruiser Mogami The Japanese Heavy Cruiser Mogami was the lead ship of her class class, which were originally built as light cruisers under the London Naval Treaty restrictions. However, they were later converted to heavy cruisers by replacing their 15.5 cm guns with 20.3 cm guns. At the start of the Pacific War, Read more
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Japanese Battleship Mutsu
Japanese Battleship Mutsu Launched on 31 May 1930, Mutsu was the second of the two ship Nagato-class battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Commissioned on 24 October 1921, and was assigned to the 1st Battleship Division in December of that year. During World War Two, Mutsu saw little action being in the main body Read more
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Japanese Battleship Yamashiro
Japanese Battleship Yamashiro Yamashiro was a Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched on 3 November 1915, she was completed on 31 March 1917. Due to her age, Yamashiro played supporting roles in the early part of World War Two. At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Yamashiro was part of Vice-Admiral Shōji Read more