Eldest of the world's strongest seven sistersIn 1920, she's completed with 41cm guns. The first of the world's Big 7* and the fastest battleship among them.
Her existence caused great influence to the world's naval power and caused 15 years of "Naval Holiday"**
In the other hand, before and during the war, she's regarded as symbol of the IJN among Japanese and even shows up in Karuta cards.
Nagato and Mutsu are the pride of Japan.
* Big 7: Seven battleships are finished before the Washington Treaty, making them the only seven ships with cannons above limitation set by the Treaty. They are Nagato, her sister Mutsu, two Nelson class battleship (United Kingdom) and three Colorado class battleship (United States).
** Naval Holiday: 15 years period between the start of Washington Naval Treatry in 1922 until Japan renounced the Second London Naval Treaty in 1936. During this period, military shipbuilding is limited to avoid arms race between nations after WW1.
"Nagato and Mutsu are the pride of Japan" is a well-known text written on some prewar Karuta cards.
Kaga: It's meaningless if you can't hit.
Nagato: Gununu...Nagato is excited before the Japan-America war begin. But what awaits her is a cruel reality. During battle training in 1941, Nagato got chased around by submarines and got made into a plaything by Ryuujou-chan and Kaga-san's children with no way to fight back (>_<)
That is the story that ended the "Big Battleship Doctrine".
In fact, the Pacific War ended wihout Nagato-san ever seeing decisive battle against other battleships.After war, Nagato as the only surviving IJN battleship is used as target for nuclear bomb testing.
After surviving two nuclear blasts, she silently sank five days after. Even now, she's still resting at the bottom of the Bikini Atoll.
Ironically, Nagato is the only ship left of the Big Seven.
Even now, she's still charming divers from all over the world.
* Mutsu is destroyed in explosion. The Nelsons and Colorados are all scrapped after war.
In 1920, she's completed with 41cm guns. The first of the world's Big 7* and the fastest battleship among them.
Her existence caused great influence to the world's naval power and caused 15 years of "Naval Holiday"**
In the other hand, before and during the war, she's regarded as symbol of the IJN among Japanese and even shows up in Karuta cards.
Nagato and Mutsu are the pride of Japan.
* Big 7: Seven battleships are finished before the Washington Treaty, making them the only seven ships with cannons above limitation set by the Treaty. They are Nagato, her sister Mutsu, two Nelson class battleship (United Kingdom) and three Colorado class battleship (United States).
** Naval Holiday: 15 years period between the start of Washington Naval Treatry in 1922 until Japan renounced the Second London Naval Treaty in 1936. During this period, military shipbuilding is limited to avoid arms race between nations after WW1.
"Nagato and Mutsu are the pride of Japan" is a well-known text written on some prewar Karuta cards.
Kaga: It's meaningless if you can't hit.
Nagato: Gununu...
Nagato is excited before the Japan-America war begin. But what awaits her is a cruel reality. During battle training in 1941, Nagato got chased around by submarines and got made into a plaything by Ryuujou-chan and Kaga-san's children with no way to fight back (>_<)
That is the story that ended the "Big Battleship Doctrine".
In fact, the Pacific War ended wihout Nagato-san ever seeing decisive battle against other battleships.
After war, Nagato as the only surviving IJN battleship is used as target for nuclear bomb testing.
After surviving two nuclear blasts, she silently sank five days after. Even now, she's still resting at the bottom of the Bikini Atoll.
Ironically, Nagato is the only ship left of the Big Seven.
Even now, she's still charming divers from all over the world.
* Mutsu is destroyed in explosion. The Nelsons and Colorados are all scrapped after war.
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