Keywords: 1938 Japan Navy battleship.jpg en Japanese Battleship Musashi taken from the bow August 1942 It's Post-Treaty Battleship Leadship Yamato laid down on 4 November 1937 and Musashi laid down on 29 March 1938 Displacement is 69 000 tons main guns are 9 × 460 mm 1938年3 に起工された戦艦武蔵(1942年8 の竣工後撮影):無 約時代の新型大型戦艦は 1937年11 に1番艦大和が 次いで2番艦武蔵が建 された 排水量6万9000トン 46cm砲三 装砲塔3基装備 http //www geocities jp/torikai007/japanchina/1937 html author 1942-8 PD-1996 Japan Musashi ship 1942 PD-Japan-oldphoto ImageNote 1 511 180 14 61 650 423 2 FOR more accurate information this is a picture of the IJN YAMATO Class BB of which only 2 of the original 3 were completed as BBs Thusly this picture is either of the YAMATO or MUSASHI The 3rd ship of the 'class' named the IJN SHINANO was completed as at the time though unknown to the outside world an Aircraft Carrier ImageNoteEnd 1 |