Last update: 22.02.2001
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Jamato class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1941 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2500

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
263,00  /   247,05
Beam overall / wl.:
38,90  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
10,4  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
63000
Full loaded
71650

Armament
Main guns
9x457/45
Secondary guns
12x155/60, 12x127/40, 24-151x25, 43: 24x127/40
Planes
7
Catapults
2
Radars
Type 21

Engines
Boilers
12 x Kanpon
Turbines
Kanpon
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
27,4
endurance
7200 miles @ 16 kts
Engines load
112980 kW
Fuel
6400 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
409-76,2
Decks
246,3-88,9
Conning tower
495,3
Main Battery turrets
Faces: 650,4
Sides: 381
Barbettes: 546,1
Jamato,