IJN fuso class battleship pictures

Fusō was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of the Fusō-class. She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Koshō on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915. Her 14 inch (356 mm) main gun turrets were placed in an unorthodox 2-1-1-2 style (with her sister ship Yamashiro having her third turret reversed when compared to Fusō) and with a funnel separating the middle turret placement. This placement was not entirely successful as the armored section was needlessly lengthened and the middle guns had trouble targeting. However, Fusō's relatively fine hull form allowed her to obtain a speed of 23 knots (43 km/h) as completed.


General characteristics
Class and type: Fusō class Battleship
Displacement: 39,154 tons
Length: 213 m (698 ft)
Beam: 30.61 m (100 ft 5 in)
Draught: 9.68 m (31 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: 4 shaft; Brown-Curtis turbines; 24 boilers; 40,000 shp
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nm at 14 kt
Complement: 1,400
Armament: 12 × 14 inch (356 mm) guns,
16 × 6 inch (152 mm),
8 × 5 inch (127 mm) DP,
up to 95 × 25 mm AA,
up to 10 × 13 mm AA