MUTSU (May 31st, 1920)
Complement: 74 officers + 1,258 men = 1,332.
Length: (p.p.) 660 3/5 feet, (o.a.) 700 feet approximate
Beam: 95 feet
Draught: 30 feet (max)
Guns:
8 - 16 inch, 45 cal.
20 - 5,5 inch, 50 cal.
8 - 5 inch AA.
7 M.G.
Torpedo tubes (21 inch): 4 submerged
Searchlights: 8
Armour:
13" - 12" Belt
8" - 4" Ends
3 1/1" Deck
7" deck above magazines, boilers and engine rooms.
14" Turrets
??" Battery
12" Conning tower
(Bulges and other special anti-torpedo protection.)
Aircraft: 3 with catapult.
Machinery: Geared turbines. 4 shafts. Boilers: 21 Kanpon. Designed H.P.: 80,000 = 23 kts. (Reported increased, see notes.) Oil fuel: about 4,500 tons.
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Notes: Both built at Naval Yards as shown in table. Extensively reconstructed at same yards in 1934-36, being given bulges and triple bottoms for protection against torpedo attack, new machinery, aircraft, increased deck protection and increased elevation of 16-inch guns. Trial speed after reconstruction and reboilering reported as 26 kts.
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