Battleship Yamashiro
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Battleship
Fuso-class battleship, flagship of Vice Admiral Nishimura at the Battle of Surigao Strait. Sunk alongside Fuso on October 25, 1944.
Class / type
扶桑型
Displacement
34,700 Tons
Complement
1,636
Launched
3 November 1915
Commissioned / formed
31 March 1917
Lost / disbanded
25 October 1944
- Armament
- 36cm砲12門、15.2cm砲16門、12.7cm高角砲8門
- Fate
- Sunk in battle
History
IJN Yamashiro was the sister ship of Fuso, built at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. She served as Vice Admiral Nishimura's flagship during the suicidal charge into Surigao Strait. After Fuso was destroyed, Yamashiro pressed forward alone into the waiting American battle line and was sunk by concentrated gunfire and torpedoes.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.283, 139.667
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Sunk10.417, 125.367
Surigao Strait, Philippines — sunk about 04:20 on 25 October 1944 by gunfire and destroyer torpedoes; only about 10 of some 1,636 men survived. The wreck was located by RV Petrel in November 2017.