| Class | Nagato class |
|---|---|
| Type | Battleship (BB) |
| Fate | Afloat. In Kurita's line off Samar. Not sunk. Survived the war and was sunk at Bikini in 1946. |
| Armament (class) | Four twin 16-inch turrets and two funnels. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Nagato in 1944. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Yamamoto, IsorokuFlag, not her captain, from 30 August 1939
Onishi, ShinzoCaptain from 15 October 1940YHHisamune, YonejiroCaptain from 10 November 1942MHHayakawa, MikioCaptain from 2 August 1943YKKobe, YujiCaptain from 25 December 1943KSShibuya, KiyomiCaptain from 20 December 1944MOOtsuka, MikiIn command from 27 April 1945Battle of the Sibuyan Sea
1944-10-24 · hit; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · in the battle line; not sunk
