I.J.N. Musashi
1944
(Neptun 1200)
- Class: Yamato - 2 battleships of 1937-38
- Displacement: 64,170 tons
- Dimensions: 800.5 (pp) 863 (oa) x 127.75 x 35.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 150,000 = 27.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 16 in., deck 7.75 in., turrets 20-25.5 in.
- Armament: 9-18in (3x3), 6-6.1in (2x3), 12-5in AA (6x2), 130-25mm AA (35x3 + 25x1) guns; 6 aircraft
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki
- Laid down: 29 Mar 1938
- Launched: 1 Nov 1940
- Completed: 5 Aug 1942
- Lost: 24 Oct 1944
- Service: Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf
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