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| SHIP | BUILDER | LAID DOWN | LAUNCHED | COMPLETED |
| Yamato | Kure DY | 04/11/37 | 08/08/40 | 16/12/41 |
| Musashi | Mitsubishi,Nagasaki | 29/03/38 | 01/11/40 | 05/08/42 |
| Shinano | Yokosuka NY | 04/05/40 | 08/10/44 | 11/44 |
| No 111 | Kure DY | 07/11/40 | Not launched | Broken up on slipway |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement : | Displacement: 64,000 tons standard, 69, 988 tons full load |
| Length : | length 263.0 m (863 ft) overall |
| Beam : | beam 38.9 m ( 127 ft 9 in) |
| Draught : | draught 10.45 m (34 ft 3 in) |
| Range : | 7200 NM at 16 kts |
| Complement : | 2, 500 officers and men |
| Speed : | Machinery: 4-shaft geared steam turbines delivering 150, 000 shp ( 11 1895 kW) Speed: 27 kts |
| Guns : | nine 460-mm ( 18.1-in), 12 155-mm (6.1-in) DP, 12 127-mm (5-in) AA, 24 x 25-mm AA and four 13-mm (0. 52-in) AA guns |
| Torpedos : | None |
| Sonars | Type 0 Sonar Array. |
| Radars : | Type 21 KAI 3 Air and surface search Type 22 Go Dentan Kai 4 Surface Search Type13 GO dentan Air search radar |
| Amour : | belt
100-410 mm (3.94 -16. 14 in); bulkheads 300-350 mm ( 11.813.78 in); decks
200-230 mm (7.87- 9.06 in); barbettes 380-560 mm ( 14.96 -22.05 in);
turrets 190-650 mm (7.4825.6 in); conning tower 75-500 mm(2. 95-19. 7 in)
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| Aircraft /Helicopters : | six floatplanes (F1M2 Pete/ E13A1 Jake) |
NOTES.