Design and Description
Authorized in 1917, and allocated the design number A-102, the class was designed by Captain Yuzuru Hiraga. The Nagato class was based on the hull design of the Ise class with a main armament of eight 16-inch guns instead of twelve 14-inch while retaining a similar broadside weight.
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