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Commons
| Tonnage | 35,800 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 708' by 104'1" by 30'2" 215.8m by 31.72m by 9.19m |
| Maximum speed | 25.3 knots |
| Complement | 1376 |
| Aircraft | 1 catapult 3 seaplanes |
| Armament | 6x2 14"/45
guns 16x1 5.5"/50 guns 4x2 5"/40 dual-purpose guns 10x2 25mm AA guns |
| Protection | 12" (305mm) belt 2.25" (57mm) main deck 1,.25"+1" (32mm+25mm) main armored deck 12" (305mm) bulkheads 12"/10" (305mm/254mm) turret face/sides 12" (305mm) barbette 6" (152mm) casemate 13.75" (349mm) conning tower Torpedo bulges with 1" Ducol bulkheads |
| Machinery |
4-shaft Kampon geared turbine
(80,825 shp) 8 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage | 5113 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 7870 nautical miles (14,580km)) at 16 knots |
| Modifications |
Experimental radar
installations were shipped just prior to the Midway operation, Type 22 on Hyuga and Type 21 on Ise. Reconstructed as hybrid carrier-battleships in 1943-44. The two rear main turrets were removed and replaced with a small flight deck with a capacity of 22 aircraft. The 5"/40 dual-purpose guns were replaced with 57 25mm/60 AA guns. The range became 9449 nautical miles (17,500km) at 16 knots. In June 1944 the antiaircraft armament was
further increased, to a
total
of 104 25mm AA guns. In September 1944 the antiaircraft armament included 6x30 5" (127mm) rocket launchers. In October 1944 the catapults were removed to improve the firing arcs of the remaining main turrets. |
The Ises, built
in 1917-1918, were similar to the
previous Fusos.
However, they had an
improved internal arrangement and replaced the 6" secondary battery
with 5.5" guns.
Obsolescent by 1943, the Ises were converted to hybrid carrier-battleships, with the rear main turrets removed and replaced with a small flight deck with a capacity of 22 aircraft. They were not a success. The small air group was inadequate for anything but escort duty and aircraft ferrying, and while a hybrid carrier-battleship made an impressive escort vessel, it was hardly cost-effective. As fleet carrier units, they were a complete bust.
| Hyuga | Hashirajima | Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-24 in the Inland Sea |
| Ise | Hashirajima | Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-28 in the Inland Sea |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-11-29)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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