HMA Ships Team Up for Asian Deployment
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HDMS Absalon Meets Local Somali Leaders
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Japanese battleship Yamashiro
Yamashiro (山城 Mountain castle?) was the second of two Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1917, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake. Yamashiro was modernized between 1930 and 1935, with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nevertheless, with only 14-inch guns, she was outclassed by other Japanese battleships at the beginning of World War II, and played auxiliary roles for most of the war. By 1944, though, she was forced into front-line duty, serving as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Shōji Nishimura's Southern Force at the Battle of Surigao Strait, the southernmost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. During fierce night fighting in the early hours of 25 October against a superior American force, Yamashiro was sunk by torpedoes and naval gunfire. Nishimura went down with his ship, and only 10 crewmembers survived. History IJN Empire of Japan Name: Yamashiro Namesake: Yamashiro Province Builder: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Laid down: 20 November 1913 Launched: 3 November 1915 Commissioned: 31 March 1917 Struck: 31 August 1945 Fate: Sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944 General characteristics (as built) Class & type: Fusō-class battleship Displacement: 29,326 long tons (29,797 t) (standard) 35,900 long tons (36,500 t) (full load) Length: 192.024 meters (630 ft 0 in) (p.p.) 202.7 meters (665 ft) (o.a.) Beam: 28.7 meters (94 ft 2 in) Draft: 8.7 meters (28 ft 7 in) Installed power: 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 24 × Miyahara water-tube boilers Propulsion: 4 × shafts 2 × Brown-Curtis steam turbine sets Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) Complement: 1,193 Armament: 6 × 2 - 356 mm (14 in) guns 16 × 1 - 152 mm (6 in) guns 6 × submerged 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes Armor: Belt: 305 mm (12 in) Deck: 32–51 mm (1.3–2.0 in) Bulkheads: 102–305 mm (4.0–12.0 in) Barbettes: 203–305 mm (8.0–12.0 in) Turrets: 228.6 to 279 mm (9.0 to 11.0 in) Conning Tower: 351 mm (13.8 in) General characteristics (1944) Displacement: 34,700 long tons (35,300 t) Length: 212.75 m (698.0 ft) (o.a.) Beam: 33.1 m (108 ft 7 in) Draft: 9.69 meters (31 ft 9 in) Installed power: 75,000 shp (56,000 kW) 6 × water-tube boilers Propulsion: 4 × steam turbines Speed: 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) Range: 11,800 nmi (21,900 km; 13,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Complement: approximately 1,900 Sensors and processing systems: 1 × Type 21 air search radar 1 × Type 13 early warning radar 1 × Type 22 surface search radar Armament: 6 × 2 - 356 mm guns 14 × 1 - 152 mm guns 4 × 2 - 127 mm (5 in) dual-purpose guns 92 × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns Armor: Deck: 152–51 mm (6–2 in) Aircraft carried: 3 × floatplanes Aviation facilities: 1 × catapult via John Currin (JC - Ex RNZN) - Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/20bgfJy The Diplomat originally shared:
Both the US and China Benefit From US Navy's Freedom of Navigation Assertions
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