Reference:
“Battleship Fusou schematic collection”
Battleship Fusou schematic on Showa 108 Meter RangefinderMain Battery Director
Literally 'Main Gun Direction Plate'. 'Main gun' is clear enough, 'Direction Plate' '方位盤' 'Houiban' is apparently equivalent to the British 'Low Angle Director' (Japanese naval technology is based on British design). 'Low Angle' meaning surface targets as opposed to 'high angle' for aerial targeting.Rechargable Battery Charging RoomPhone RoomMain Battery Control PostMain Targeting Post
The middle two characters 測的 seem to be an abbreviation of 測的盤 'sokutekiban' a uniquely Japanese device which computed target course and speed based on data from the director and rangefinder to be fed onward to the fire control computer. Unlike American fire control systems, the whole process was heavily manual. Direction Measuring Instrument RoomUpper Watchpost Deck and Secondary Battery Control PostBattle BridgeForward Searchlight-houseLower WatchpostCompass BridgeCommunication Control RoomMain Battery Reserve Control PostConning TowerSeawater/Freshwater TanksNavigation Department StoreroomStrategy RoomBridge Phone RoomChart RoomExecutive Officer resting roomForward Telegraph RoomAmmunition Supply Room1st wireless communication roomUh, umOh, I see! Yamato-san only has 13 stories! Amazing isn't it?Though this diagram is from before the second remodeling...It's 15 floors.Though after the work on the second level during the second remodeling of Showa 15 - 16 it was 14 stories.How many stories is Fuso-san's bridge?Mast Top Telegraph RoomWiring RoomArtillery Section Messenger RoomDirection Finder AntennaTrying to count them.Report:Digging into Aoba's simple question:
Main Battery Director
Literally 'Main Gun Direction Plate'. 'Main gun' is clear enough, 'Direction Plate' '方位盤' 'Houiban' is apparently equivalent to the British 'Low Angle Director' (Japanese naval technology is based on British design). 'Low Angle' meaning surface targets as opposed to 'high angle' for aerial targeting.
Rechargable Battery Charging Room
Phone Room
Main Battery Control Post
Main Targeting Post
The middle two characters 測的 seem to be an abbreviation of 測的盤 'sokutekiban' a uniquely Japanese device which computed target course and speed based on data from the director and rangefinder to be fed onward to the fire control computer. Unlike American fire control systems, the whole process was heavily manual.
Direction Measuring Instrument Room
Upper Watchpost Deck and Secondary Battery Control Post
Battle Bridge
Forward Searchlight-house
Lower Watchpost
Compass Bridge
Communication Control Room
Main Battery Reserve Control Post
Conning Tower
Seawater/Freshwater Tanks
Navigation Department Storeroom
Strategy Room
Bridge Phone Room
Chart Room
Executive Officer resting room
Forward Telegraph Room
Ammunition Supply Room
1st wireless communication room
Uh, um
Oh, I see! Yamato-san only has 13 stories! Amazing isn't it?
Though this diagram is from before the second remodeling...
It's 15 floors.
Though after the work on the second level during the second remodeling of Showa 15 - 16 it was 14 stories.
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