Fuso (Fuso Class)


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Laid down 11th March 1912
Launched 28th March 1914
Completed N/A
Commissioned 18th November 1915
Fate Sunk:
25th October 1944 in Surigao Strait
Builders Kure Navy Yard, Kure
Japan
Complement As built:
1193
Refitted:
1396
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
30600 tons std
35900 tons max
Refitted:
34700 tons std
38530 tons max
Dimensions As built:
664' x 94'
Refitted:
698' x 100' 6"
Draught As built:
28' 6"
Refitted:
31' 6"
Armament
Main guns 12 x 14" (6 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
16 x 6" (16 x 1)
Refitted:
14 x 6" (14 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 6 x 21"
Other weapons As built:
4 x 4"
Refitted:
8 x 5"
26 x 25mm
1941:
8 x 5"
37 x 25mm
Countermeasures None
Armour As built:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 1.2" - 3"
Barbettes: 8" - 12"
Turrets: 8" - 12"

Refitted:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 3.8" - 7"
Barbettes: 8" - 12"
Turrets: 8" - 12"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
None
Refitted:
3 x Nakajima 95 seaplanes
Flightdeck None
Hangar N/A
Catapults 1
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar N/A
Sonar N/A
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines As built:
24 x coal boilers
4 x Brown-Curtis steam turbines
Refitted:
6 x oil boilers
4 x Kampon steam turbines
Power output As built:
40000shp
Refitted:
75000shp
Speed As built:
22kts
Refitted:
24kts
Shafts 4
Range N/A
Fuel N/A

Fuso was hit by torpedoes launched by destroyers and sank about 90 minutes later.

Last altered : 15th June 1999

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