Ise class battleships (1917) Ise and Hyūga were two fast dreadnoughts built by capitalizing from the experience gained with the twoFuso, the first battleships built and designed in Japan, although still with under strong influence of British engineering. They were launched in 1916 and 1917 and c...
@DerpyCookie17 if I recall correctly one Fuso Class was sunk during the mid-late Island Hopping campaign around late '43-early '44 I don't remember where 5.4 years ago 2,758 DerpyCookie17 The best answer I can give is massive @JediWolf 5.4 years ago 1,986 JediWolf @DerpyCookie...
The 1930 Fujimoto design for a Fuso class replacement armed with 12x16.1-inch guns: A variant of the basic Fujimoto design, This one increased the main guns to twelve 16.1-inch (409mm) guns and moved 4 of the 6 twin 6-inch (152mm) guns inside the armoured citadel; given the heavy ...
TheFuso-class, IJN Yamashiro, 1920is a premium gift rank Japanese battleship introduced inUpdate "Kings of Battle", with an additional pre-order which opened on 18 October 2023, granting a unique title - "Oni no Yamashiro" - and a unique Kyoto Prefecture flag. These bonuses have not been...
her SAP is still a head and shoulders over even the HE on most other battleships. These shells will smash cruisers whenever they hit, and against battleships, while they will rarely penetrate the main armour plates unless at close range, the splash damage from the detonation will frequently des...
Kawachi-classIJN Settsu Fusō-classIJN Fuso Note*Initially built as a CL with 15.5 cm cannons, refitted with 20.3 cm and reclassified as a CA Japan battleships Kawachi-classIJN Settsu Fusō-classIJN Fuso·IJN Yamashiro Ise-classIJN Ise·IJN Hyuga ...
the traverse of them are absolutely miserable. Unless you are absolutely 90 degrees to the enemy, you are unlikely to have more than half the broadside of four guns trained onto the target. Although their caliber is nice, compared to the Fuso class of ship, these are not all that useful....
Visually, Hyuga looked very similar to the previous Fuso class, and had the same main battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in six dual mounts. However, the turrets were rearranged, mounted in a similar layout as the American Wyoming-class. Two turrets were mounted in a superfiring pai...