They were equipped with six or seven floatplanes to conduct reconnaissance.Ĭommissioned in mid-1942, Musashi was modified to serve as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and spent the rest of the year working up. Their secondary armament consisted of four 155-millimetre (6.1 in) triple- gun turrets formerly used by the Mogami-class cruisers. The Yamato-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing almost 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) fully loaded and armed with nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) main guns. Musashi ( 武蔵), named after the former Japanese province, was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s.
Sunk by American air attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944ħ,200 nmi (13,300 km 8,300 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h 18 mph) Musashi leaving Brunei in October 1944 for the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where she was sunk by air attack
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