The first Japanese super-dreadnoughts, the Fuso class, are todays subjects.
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The first Japanese super-dreadnoughts, the Fuso class, are todays subjects.
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I think it’s been pretty conclusively worked out that the “splitting in two, with both halves remaining afloat” is at best a myth. Or possibly an illusion cause by the massive lake of burning oil she left on the surface. It seems to be felt that she took torpedo hits, swerved out of line and into the darkness, shortly thereafter rolling over to starboard and suffering a magazine explosion either while overturned on the surface, or shortly after she went under. Which wiped out whatever crew had made it into the water, and hadn’t been killed by the burning oil. The more remarkable thing is it was such a pitch black night, and with 2 of the escort destroyers exploding spectacularly in the darkness from torpedo hits, neither the Yamashiro ahead of her, nor the Mogami behind her even realized she had gone. They each though the other ship was the Fuso, closed up the distance, and motored on into the Straight, never realizing that they were down a Battleship.
DO NOT QUESTION THE ELEVATED ONE
Can't imagine this being built for RN.
Do the Konig next
So few survivors. Yikes!
I had a tiny toy Fuso when I was a kid, maybe three inches long. Later I had a reproduction edition of the 1914 Jane's Fighting Ships, and it had a front plate of the builder's model of Fuso, not too surprising since by then I knew that Japan had been allied with Britain since 1902 and all of its early battleships had been built in Britain. And file footage of Fuso and Yamashiro shows up in just about every documentary about Japan in WWII and lots of WWII movies, and even once in an episode of McHale's Navy.
And I see Fusos fairly often today–it's a line of trucks by Mitsubishi. They have a dealership in San Jose, not too far from where the Sharks play, about ten miles from where I live now.
Ugly boats especially compared to British/German/American warships. Uhio class battleship would crush any of these. When you bring 18" guns into the picture it does change the game. Still an Ohio class man.
I was just curious coz the f the treehouse bridge
This tower is too high 😅😂
what are the forward facing things on the side of the hull? what were they for?
West Virgina hit Yamashiro on its first Salvo and then repeatedly bashed it with 15 more salvos with hits in most with both AP and HC shells
The Vickers 14" gun salesman got his paycheck from this class
You know your torpedo defences are useless when a battleship goes down from just two topedoes.
Fun fact: "Yamashiro" translates as "Mountain Castle", it could also mean "White Mountain", but "White Mountain" has different Kanji, so the correct translation is the former (山城), she was named for the old Japanese province of Yamashiro
That mast is like what I get ordering burger toppings at 5 guys…
I play this ship in the war of warships free online game.. great ship with 12 guns of 14 inches in 6 turrets the only down side is, the main guns take 30 seconds to reload.. yes don't sound long? But when you got a madman in a fast cruiser or destroyer racing towards you at 30 Knots firing their 5 or 6 inch fast loading guns and torpedoes ever second matters.
what a dissa sterrr
4:39 Yamashiro: Do you see torpedo boats?
Kamchatka: Told ya!
Kongo class?
If the French sent their hotels to war, then the Fuso/Yamashiro should be called "When Skyscrapers Go to War".
According to the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, the interrogation of Commander Nishino, the CO of the accompanying destroyer Shigure and the the only surviving officer of the battle, the Yamashiro was torpedoed early in the action and Captain Ban of the Fuso engaged the US Battleships with what was left of the Southern Force. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO/IJO-79.html
Japanese version of the hms agincourt
Fuso… Proving that drugs, sake,and ship design… Lead to…interesting ideas…
If you can still see the sun increase the mast more!
Look! A Japanese warship with a skyscraper on it closing off the starboard!
Skyscraper on it? Quick, call Godzilla!
Those superstructures are just ridiculous. The early version is a pretty ship, but after reconstruction they were hideous.
… and sank into the swamp.
Those pagoda masts
I love the Fuso and Ise class ships!
@Drachinifel: Ever considered doing a video on the amphibious craft of WW2 and/or the MTB's of the respective belligirent countries?
Fuso herself was completed by 1915, but the Fuso-CLASS was not completed until 1917, when Yamashiro was commissioned.
Your narration is excellent
I thought the secondaries were 5.5 inch?
FUSO…..sound like "few-so" survivors
Still need an explanation about the pagoda masts
Hooray for the humans!
A special on Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship vs, battleship engagement ever would be good. Where Fuso and Yamashira died. The book is brilliant. https://fredsresearch.quora.com/Battle-of-the-Surigao-Strait?ch=10&share=da361e28&srid=uTcGm
THose empire state buildings on Fusos makes them look goofy.