Encouraçado da Classe Fuso
| País | Japão |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to the entire Fuso-class; it is not about an individual vessel.
ww2dbaseThe Fuso-class battleships of the Japanese Navy had an unusual turret arrangement: six turrets on each ship, with two turrets forward, two turrets aft, and two turrets amidships separated by funnels. This arrangement gave each turret independence to engage a greater number of targets, but the gains achieved in this respect was concluded to be negligible, especially considering that the two ships, Fuso and Yamashiro, were lengthened, thus becoming more vulnerable to hostile fire. Although they were modernized in the 1930s, they were too slow to function as fast battleships by the time the Pacific War began. As a result, they were kept in Japan, largely taking up training roles. They largely stayed out of combat until Battle of Surigao Strait in Oct 1944, in which engagement they were both sunk.
Last Major Revision: Mar 2009
Encouraçado da Classe Fuso Mapa Interativo
Photographs
 |
Encouraçado da Classe Fuso Operational Timeline
| 18 nov 1915 | Fuso was commissioned into service. |
| 31 mar 1917 | Yamashiro was commissioned into service. |
| 15 nov 1934 | Captain Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the battleship Yamashiro. |
| 17 out 1943 | Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen sortied from Truk, Caroline Islands to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands with Combined Fleet under Admiral Mineichi Koga's command in response to US Task Force 16 carrier raids on Wake Island. |
| 19 out 1943 | Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen arrived at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
| 23 out 1943 | Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen departed Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands and sortied to a position 250 miles south of Wake Island. |
| 26 out 1943 | Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. |
Você gostou deste artigo ou achou este artigo útil? Se sim, considere nos apoiar no Patreon. Qualquer valor já vai ajudar! Obrigado. Por favor, ajude-nos a divulgar o site: Fique atualizado com WW2DB: |
Visitor Submitted Comments
9 Aug 2009 09:49:15 AM
personnally, being a native of the state of Maryland, I find it very satisfying that the USS Maryland participated in the last battleship fight in history and *** satisfying she and the other 5 US ships hammered the Japanese ships to the bottom. And yes I know the PT boats and destroyers did a lot of the damage with torpedoes but our BBs still got in their licks.
All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.
» Fuso
» Yamashiro
|
- » 1,182 biografias
- » 337 eventos
- » 45,131 entradas na linha do tempo
- » 1,249 navios
- » 350 modelos de aeronaves
- » 207 modelos de veículos
- » 376 modelos de armas
- » 123 documentos históricos
- » 261 instalações
- » 470 resenhas de livros
- » 28,430 fotos
- » 365 mapas
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945
Por favor, considere nos apoiar no Patreon. Mesmo R$1 por mês já faz uma grande diferença. Obrigado!
Ou, por favor, nos apoie adquirindo alguns produtos do WW2DB na TeeSpring. Obrigado!
31 Dec 2008 12:41:39 PM
"The Fuso-class battleships of the Japanese Navy had an unusual turret arrangement: five turrets on each ship"
-should say "...six turrets on each ship"