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Yamato-class battleship

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Yamato-class battleship
Photo: Imperial Japanese Navy · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Battleship
Origin
Japan
Shipyards
Kure Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki
Construction began
1937
First commissioned
1941
Last retired
1945
Status
Retired
Ships completed
3
Ships planned
5
Crew
2,767

Battleship

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
72,809 t
Length
256.00 m
Beam
38.90 m
Draught
10.40 m
Performance
Maximum speed
27 kn (50 km/h)
Range
7,200 nmi (13,334 km)
Power
111,855 kW
Armament
Armament
3 × 460 mm4 × 155 mm6 × 127 mm8 × 25 mm2 × 13.2 mm
Aircraft carried
Aichi E13AMitsubishi F1M

Operators

Japan

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Yamato-class battleship, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.