BB - Jamaširo (1915)

Jamashiro
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Yamashiro
Type: battleship
Class: Fuso
Country : Japan
Launched : 3 November 1915
Entered service 1918
Sunk 25 October 1944


Overall length : 212.75 m
Width: 31.75 m
Draught: 10.91 m
Standard / maximum displacement: 34 700 t / 38 676 t


Armament:
12 x 356 mm (14"/45).
16 x 152 mm (6"/50)
8 x 127 mm (5"/40) DP
54 x 25 mm/60 AA


Armouring :
305 mm side belt
deck 50.8 mm - 90.5 mm
turrets 305 mm
conning tower 349 mm


Max speed: 25 knots
Propulsion: 6 Kampon diesel boilers, 4 Brown-Curtis turbines
Power: 75,000 pcs
Ship's propellers: 4
Fuel supply: 4 500 t
Action radius: 11,000 nautical miles at 16 knots
Aircraft: 3


Crew: 1,463 men
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Like BB - Fuso sunk 25.10.1944 in Surigao Channel in battle with US TaskForce 77 (USS Pennsylvania ( BB-38 ), USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Tennessee (BB-43), USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), and USS West Virginia ( BB-48 ) ), commanded by Admiral. Jesse Oldendorf.


Torpedoes from the destroyer USS DD-593 Killen were probably also responsible for the sinking of this ship.
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The battleship convoy of Yamashiro and Fuso in their last action in the Surigao Strait was commanded by Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura.


This grouping had the designation "Force C" or "Southern Force".
In addition to the battleships mentioned above, this included the heavy cruiser Mogami - sunk in the same action and the 4 destroyers Michisio - sunk, Yamagumo - sunk, Asagumo - sunk and Shigure.
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World War II Ship Commanders


30.05.1941-01.09.1942 sea captain Obata Chozaemon (still CA Kumano)
01.09.1942-01.03.1943 Sea Captain Owada Noboru (still CL Katori)
01.03.1943-02.08.1943 Sea Captain Hayakawa Mikio (still CA Chokai)
02.08.1943-25.12.1943 Sea Captain Hisamune Sojiro (still BB Nagato)
25.12.1943-05.05.1944 (deceased) Naval Captain (from 01.05.1944 Rear Admiral) Tawara Yoshioki (still CL Noshiro)
06.05.1944-25.10.1944 (died) Rear Admiral Shinoda Katsukiyo (still CL Nagara).


The battleship Yamashiro sank at 04:19 am on 25 October 1944, position 10-22N, 125-21E. Three sailors were rescued and captured by the US destroyer USS Claxton (DD-571). The remaining crew of about 1400 men perished (including the ship's commander, Rear Admiral Shinoda, and the squadron leader, Admiral Nishimura).


Zdroj: combinedfleets.com
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