Tosa-Class
Cancelled Giants - Tosa-class were planned super-battleships. 2 ships laid down 1920-1921. Ten 16.1-inch guns, 39,900 tons, 26.5 knots. Would have been most powerful Japanese battleships. Washington Naval Treaty (1922) cancelled both. Tosa ~50% complete - used as target ship 1925 (sunk). Kaga ~20% complete - converted to aircraft carrier (commissioned 1928, sunk Midway 1942). Never completed as battleships. Showed treaty's impact on naval arms race.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 39900 t
- Displacement (full)
- 44200 t
- Length
- 768 ft
- Beam
- 100.1 ft
- Crew
- 1333 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (cancelled under Washington Treaty)
- Commissioned
- Never completed
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 26.5 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 14 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 410mm/45 (16.1-inch) - five twin turrets
- Secondary guns
- 20× 140mm/50 (5.5-inch) - twenty single mounts
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 11 inches (280mm)
- Deck
- 4 inches (102mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 169.65
- Research cost
- 134,363
- Credit cost
- 118,755
Notable
- Cancelled under Washington Naval Treaty (1922)
- 16.1-inch guns (largest to date for Japan)
- Would have been most powerful Japanese battleships
- Tosa sunk as target 1925
- Kaga converted to aircraft carrier