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Graphic overview of the state of Battleship Musashi when the wreck was found, by the USS Flier project.
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The last 2/3 of the famous AMATSUKAZE.......... :o

Here is a link to her story; shortened tho it was.... ;)

https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php? ... d-to-sink/


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Lead Ship,Dreadnought Battleship Kawachi pictured near completion,under construction at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in No 4 dry dock on January 13th 1912 and on sea trials off Yokosuka on January 20th 1912.....Under the command of the newly appointed Captain Masaki Yoshimoto, Kawachi was assigned to the Second Squadron of the First Fleet on December 1st 1917 and became the flagship of Rear Admiral Chisaka Chijirō. She briefly cruised off the coast of China in February–March 1918. In May she exchanged two of her three-inch casemate guns for three-inch Anti-Aircraft guns. On the evening of July 11th, Kawachi entered Tokuyama Bay, the following morning torpedo target practice was cancelled due to rough seas and the Battleship remained at anchor for the rest of the day. That afternoon a loud explosion was heard at 15:51 in the vicinity of the starboard forward main-gun turret and large quantities of smoke erupted from the turret and between the first and second funnels. Two minutes later, she began to list to starboard and capsized at 15:55, only four minutes after the explosion. Over a thousand men were aboard Kawachi at the time of the explosion and over 600 were killed, with 433 survivors.
The Imperial Japanese Navy convened a commission to investigate the explosion the day after the incident, with Vice Admiral Murakami Kakuichi as chairman. The commission first suspected arson, but no plausible suspect could be found and it reported that the cordite in her magazine might have spontaneously ignited due to decomposition. Kawachi's magazines had been inspected in January–February, however, and no problems were discovered, which made that possibility less likely. The commission made recommendations on tighter control of production and handling of cordite that were adopted by the Navy. The Japanese Navy considered salvaging Kawachi, but decided not to as the diversion of resources would have delayed the construction of an Amagi-Class Battlecruiser by over a year. Stricken from the navy list on September 21st 1918, the wreck was later partially dismantled although most of the hull was abandoned in place to serve as an artificial reef.
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The first Battleship constructed in Japan...Semi-Dreadnought Battleship Satsuma pictured thirteen days from launch, on the ways on Slipway No 2 at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on November 2nd 1906.....She saw no combat during World War I, although she led a squadron that occupied several German colonies in the Pacific Ocean in 1914. Satsuma was disarmed and sunk as a target in 1922–1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
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5 days post launch...Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship Kawachi pictured fitting out at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on October 12th 1911, (sister Settsu was completed on July 1st 1912)...Both ships bombarded German fortifications at Tsingtao during the Battle of Tsingtao in 1914, but saw no other combat in World War I. Kawachi sank in 1918 after an explosion in her ammunition magazine with the loss of over 600 officers and crewmen. Settsu was disarmed in 1922 and converted into a Target Ship two years later to meet the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty and served until she was sunk in 1945 by American Carrier aircraft. She was refloated after the war and scrapped in 1946–1947.
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Lead Ship,Semi-Dreadnought Battleship Satsuma pictured at Sasebo on April 14th 1919...Built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in 1906, she was the first Battleship built in Japan. She saw no combat during World War I, although she led a squadron that occupied several German colonies in the Pacific Ocean in 1914. Satsuma was disarmed and sunk as a target in 1922–1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
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Boiler fitment on YAMATO............ ;) DFO
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Launch day for Type B1 Submarine I-39 at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on April 15th 1942..Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II, operating in support of Japanese forces in the Battle of Tarawa before she was sunk in November 1943....On November 26th 1943, Battleship USS Massachusetts was steaming 80 nautical miles southwest of Tarawa as part of Task Group 50.2, when she detected a surface target 9 nautical miles to the southwest on radar at 22:52. At 23:02 the Destroyer USS Boyd was detached to investigate. She detected a surfaced Submarine on radar at 23:20 and closed with it. She lost radar contact, apparently when the Submarine submerged, but Boyd then located the Submarine with her sonar. She dropped two patterns of depth charges, and heard a loud underwater explosion 15 minutes after the last attack. On the morning of November 27th 1943, planes from the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise flew over the area and reported a large oil slick on the surface.
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Here are 2 carriers under air attack by the USN in March '45: KATSURAGI and KAIYO. Plus 2 later views of each carrier. DFO
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Lead ship, Semi-Dreadnought Battleship Satsuma pictured at Sasebo on December 21st 1915...she was the first Japanese built Battleship, built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, launched on November 15th 1906 and commissioned on March 25th 1910..She saw no combat during World War I, although she led a squadron that occupied several German colonies in the Pacific Ocean in 1914. Satsuma was disarmed and sunk as a target in 1922–1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
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