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BB1987

Post subject: Re: Japan - Nagato Class Battleship.

Posted: December 23rd, 2012, 4:59 pm

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Nagato as of 1945:

Drydocked at yokosuka in late november 1944 after the Philippine campaign Nagato underwent a month-long refit to repair battle damage and argument anti-aircraft armament: all the forward casemated guns where landed and 2 twin 5-inch (127mm) guns where added on platform at midship, also light AA armament was increased to a maxumum of 25 triple, 10 twin and 28 single 25mm machine guns, for a total of 123 barrels; because of extreme lack of fuel Nagato was relegated to anti-aircraft duties and sat at Yokosuka's Koumi Base, also the mainmast and funnel where cut down to improve the firing arcs of the anti-aircraft guns, also a coal-burning donkey boiler is installed for furnishing steam to the galley and heating as the crew continued to live aboard.

(what follows will not be featured in any drawings)

In june 1945 all the remaining casemate guns and most of the anti-aircraft guns were moved ashore and installed on Urayama mountain and Yokosuka's pier zone, main guns pointed at the mouth of the Sagami Bay to fire on any landing ships at point-blank range; rangefinders and all her searchlights were moved ashore and installed on nearby Okusuyama mountain, Nagato was also heavily camouflaged and her main gun turrets were covered with elaborate scaffolding, potted pines and cryptomerias were set on her upper decks.
On July 18th 1945 Nagato was attacked and bombed by US planes and significantly damaged, suffering also 38 deaths, including 12 officers and Rear Admiral Otsuka; all the remaining anit-iarcraft armaments were moved ashore after the attacks, still Nagato was the only IJN major warship to survive the allied bombings.
Handed to the US navy Nagato steamed with light cruiser Sakawa to Bikini Atoll (bot ships suffered boiler failures and had to be towed midway through their journey) where she was expended as a target for operation Crossroads nuclear tests; Nagato survived the "Able" test but sank during the night of July 29th 1946, five days after the "Baker" test

The Nagato Class project is completed; i've also updated all the pre-1937 drawings as i had forgot the portholes coverings, the whole series can be found in the first page.
Thanks to everyone who helped.

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