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crsutton -> RE: unknown IJN Battleship (9/7/2017 1:33:14 PM)
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This picture is in the book "Battle of Surigao Strait" by Anthony Tully:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Surigao/BattleofSurigaoStrait.htm
Other online discussions contend that this was either Fuso or Yamashiro. Yet others claim it was either a Kongo class or even some Japanese CA. I've yet to see original primary source material rather than online conjecture.
Many authors take a photo they have found and include it in their books without checking its provenance. In this case, Fuso and Yamashiro are absolutely ruled out by their tall, convoluted superstructures, unlike the stocky tower in the picture. Hiei and Kirishima had fairly clean towers but Nagato seems to be the best fit for the tower, the vertical single funnel and the casemated guns along the top of the hull.
Those pagodas must have made them top-heavy. Any known instances of capsizing and/or excessive rolling?
They were considered very top heavy and both Fuso and Yamashiro capsized quickly after torpedo hits induced a list. IIRC the IJN was forced to take measures to reduce topside weight in a number of their ship classes in the late 1930s. They had tried to cram too much armament on their decks and suffered for seaworthiness.
BB Fuso:
[image]local://upfiles/35791/EFF36E0301604C178E516C6670AC9DAF.jpg[/image]
Bigger problem on all Japanese warships were the multiple two gun turrets. Take Japanese CAs for example. Japanese industry was just no up to making triple or quadruple turrets, so most CAs have five. Turret housing, equipment and the turrets themselves add significant weight to a ship. The American triple turret designs were much more weight efficient. Once upgunned to 8 inch guns, Japanese CAs proved to be unstable gun platforms.
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