Aviation Battleship Hyuga
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Battleship
Ise-class battleship, sister of Ise, also converted to hybrid aviation battleship. Sunk at Kure by Allied air raids July 24, 1945.
Class / type
伊勢型
Displacement
35,350 Tons
Complement
1,463
Launched
27 January 1917
Commissioned / formed
30 April 1918
Lost / disbanded
24 July 1945
- Armament
- 35.6cm砲8門（前部）、12.7cm高角砲16門、艦載機22機
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack
History
IJN Hyuga was the second Ise-class battleship, built at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. Like her sister, she was converted to an aviation battleship in 1943. Moored off Nasakejima near Kure as a floating battery, she was crippled on July 24, 1945 — four days before Ise was sunk — in the first of the Allied carrier raids on the port, and settled on the bottom over the following days.
Related sites (3)
- Built32.745, 129.873
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
- Homeport34.231, 132.565
Kure Naval Base
- Sunk34.167, 132.550
Off Nasakejima, south of Kure — crippled by US carrier aircraft on 24 July 1945 and settled on the bottom
Sources
- Japanese battleship Hyūga – WikipediaWebsite
- 日向 (戦艦) – WikipediaWebsite