Satsuma-class battleship
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The Satsuma class (薩摩型戦艦, Satsuma-gata senkan) was a pair of semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century. They were the first battleships to be built in Japan and marked a transitional stage between the pre-dreadnought and true dreadnought designs. They saw no combat during World War I, although Satsuma led a squadron that occupied several German colonies in the Pacific Ocean in 1914. Both ships were disarmed and expended as targets in 1922–1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
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The second Satsuma-class battleship Aki | |
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Name | Satsuma class |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Katori class |
Succeeded by | Kawachi class |
Subclasses | Aki |
Built | 1905–1911 |
In commission | 1909–1922 |
Completed | 2 |
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Type | Semi-dreadnought battleship |
Displacement | 19,372–20,100 long tons (19,683–20,423 t) |
Length | 482–492 ft (146.9–150.0 m) |
Beam | 83.5–83.6 ft (25.5–25.5 m) |
Draft | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
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Speed | 18–20 knots (33–37 km/h; 21–23 mph) |
Range | 9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 800–940 |
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