![]() ![]() The Kure building dock was even specially enlarged, while the Musashi was launched from a 13-foot (3.96 meter) wide slipway at a weight of 35,737 tones (36,309 tonnes). This included the erection of high fences, protective roofing, and even camouflage netting. ![]() These were the most powerful guns ever installed on a battleship, and while these may have matched the United States Navy’s 16-inch 50-caliber Mark 7 guns at long ranges, in close-range engagement the penetration power of the Japanese guns was believed to be unsurpassed.Ĭonstruction on the warships was attended by great secrecy, and great measures at Kure for Yamato, and Mitsubishi, Nagasaki for the sister ship Musashi were prepared. These would prove to be the most heavily armored warships ever built, but each would be armed with the 46 cm (18.1-inch) naval rifle guns. At least 23 designs were prepared between 1934, when plans for a new class of “super battleships” were first made, and 1937 when the two Yamato-class warships were ordered. ![]()
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