Nagato-Class
First 16-Inch Guns - Nagato-class were world's first battleships with 16-inch guns. 2 ships built 1920-1921. Fast battleships (26.5 knots). Served WWI through WWII. Extensively modernized 1930s. Nagato survived war, sunk at Bikini Atoll atomic tests 1946.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 39130 t
- Displacement (full)
- 39130 t
- Length
- 738 ft
- Beam
- 113.5 ft
- Crew
- 1368
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1920-1921
- Decommissioned
- None (both sunk)
Performance
- Top speed
- 25 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 16 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 41cm/45 Type 3 (16.1-inch)
- Secondary guns
- 20× 140mm/50 Type 3 (5.5-inch)
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 12 inches (305mm)
- Deck
- 2.75-3 inches (70-75mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 70.22
- Research cost
- 24,717
- Credit cost
- 49,154
Notable
- First 16-inch gun battleships in world
- First Japanese battleships exceeding 30000 tons
- First IJN battleships with all-oil firing
- Fastest battleships when built (26.5 knots)