Mutsu (Nagato Class)


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Laid down 1st June 1918
Launched 31st May 1920
Completed N/A
Commissioned 24th October 1921
Fate Sunk:
8th June 1943 in Hiroshima Bay
Builders Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka
Japan
Complement As built:
1333
Refitted:
1368
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
33800 tons std
38500 tons max
Refitted:
39120 tons std
42753 tons max
Dimensions As built:
700' x 95'
Refitted:
738' x 108'
Draught As built:
30'
Refitted:
31'
Armament
Main guns 8 x 16" (4 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
20 x 5.5" (20 x 1)
Refitted:
18 x 5.5" (18 x 1)
Torpedo tubes As built:
8 x 21"
Refitted:
None
Other weapons As built:
4 x 3" (4 x 1)
Refitted
8 x 5" (4 x 2)
20 x 25mm
Countermeasures None
Armour As built:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 1.7" - 3"
Barbettes: 3" - 12"
Turrets: 14"

Refitted:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 5"
Barbettes: 3" - 12"
Turrets: 14"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 3 x Heinkel HD25 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:
21 x boilers
4 x Curtis steam turbines
Refitted:
10 x boilers
4 x Curtis steam turbines
Power output As built:
80000shp
Refitted:
92000shp
Speed As built:
26kts
Refitted:
25kts
Shafts 4
Range N/A
Fuel N/A

Mutsu was refitted between 1934 and 1936. Although the exact cause of the explosion that sank her was never determined, it was probably a cordite charge.

Last altered : 15th June 1999

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