HIJMS Nagato

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HIJMS Nagato was a Japanese battleship, famed as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later sunk as a target during postwar nuclear tests.

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HIJMS Nagato canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament 20.3 cm (8 in) secondary guns (as originally built) ⓘ
8 × 41 cm (16 in) main guns ⓘ
beam approximately 29 meters ⓘ
builtAt Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ
capturedBy United States Navy ⓘ
category Capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Operation Crossroads target ships ⓘ
Ships sunk as targets ⓘ
World War II battleships of Japan ⓘ
commissionedOn 1920-11-25 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crewComplement about 1,300 officers and men (wartime) ⓘ
decommissionedByJapan 1945 ⓘ
displacement about 32,000 tons standard ⓘ
draft approximately 9.5 meters ⓘ
fate sunk as a target ship ⓘ
flagshipOf Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
linked to: Isoroku Yamamoto
flagshipPeriod early 1920s to 1941 ⓘ
hullNumber Battleship No. 1 ⓘ
laidDownOn 1917-08-28 ⓘ
launchedOn 1919-11-09 ⓘ
length approximately 215 meters ⓘ
locationOfWreck near Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands ⓘ
modernizationDetails received improved armor, machinery, and anti-aircraft armament ⓘ
modernized 1930s ⓘ
namesake Nagato Province ⓘ
notableEvent served as Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
notableFeature first battleship in the world completed with 16-inch guns ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor (as flagship, not present at the attack site) ⓘ
Operation Crossroads ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
postwarUse target ship for nuclear tests ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
roleDuringWorldWarII flagship of the Combined Fleet ⓘ
servedAs training ship (late war period) ⓘ
shipClass Nagato-class battleship ⓘ
sisterShip HIJMS Mutsu ⓘ
status shipwreck ⓘ
sunkBy nuclear test-related damage and flooding after Operation Crossroads ⓘ
sunkOn 1946-07-29 ⓘ
survivedWar true ⓘ
testSite Bikini Atoll ⓘ
topSpeed 26.5 knots ⓘ
transferredTo United States ⓘ
usedIn radiation effects studies after nuclear detonations ⓘ

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Bikini Atoll → hasShipwreck → HIJMS Nagato ⓘ