Japanese battleship Ise

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Battleship Ise after sinking.
Career RN Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: May 5, 1915
Launched: November 12, 1916
Commissioned: December 1, 1917
Fate: Sunk
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 38,872 tons
Length: 219.62 m
Beam: 33.8 m
Draught: 9.14 m (mean)
Propulsion: 80,640 hp
Speed: 25 knots
Range:
Complement: 1,463
Armament: as built : 12-14 in/45cal, 16-5.5 in/50cal, 8-5 in/40cal, 20-25 mm
Aircraft: 22
Motto:

Ise (伊勢) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first Ise-class battleship. She was laid down at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe on May 5, 1915, launched on November 12, 1916, and completed on December 1, 1917. Originally planned to be the third Fusō-class battleship, problems, including weak armament and protection, forced a redesign and new classification.

Her displacement and armament were still usable at the outset of World War II, but due to her relatively slow speed, large crew, and high fuel consumption, along with lack of a suitable role, she never saw battle as a battleship.

Ise was later converted to a carrier battleship — the aft turrets were removed and replaced with a hangar, deck and catapult. She was damaged in the battle off Cape Engaño.

She was eventually sunk at port in Kure on 28 July 1945, and was scrapped in place in 1946–1947.


Ise-class battleship

Ise | Hyūga

List of ships of the Japanese Navy


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