Last update: 22.02.2001
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Sinano class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1944 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2400

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
266,00  /   247,00
Beam overall / wl.:
36,30  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
10,3  /  
Air deck
256x40
Hangar decks
163x38,8x5
Elevators
2: 15x14

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
64800
Full loaded
71890

Armament
Main guns
16x127/40
Secondary guns
145x2560, radars:
Planes
42
Radars
2 x 13 Go

Engines
Boilers
12xKampon
Turbines
4
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
27,7
endurance
10000 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
150000 HP
Fuel
8900 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
7 18000

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
127 prob.
Decks
78,7(flight),102-71,
Main Battery turrets
Shinano,