――The Ise-class battleship was originally planned as the third Fuso-class battleship, but the start of construction was delayed due to the financial situation of the government at that time.
――In the meantime, the Fuso-class was modified to correct the shortcomings of the Fuso-class and incorporate measures against US battleships, and was finally laid down at Kobe Kawasaki Shipyard in 1915.
--Completed in December 1917, it was incorporated into the fleet at the same time.
――Since the battleships at that time were modeled after Britain, they seemed to look different from British battleships, and it will be a little later that they have a unique Japanese battleship.
-Also, because it was designed as a modified Fuso type, it is very similar to the Fuso type, but the No. 3 and 4 turrets in the center of the ship sandwich the chimney in the Fuso type, while in the Ise type it is a backpack type behind the rear chimney. The big difference is that it is placed in.
――Ise was enrolled in Kure Naval District after completion, and was transferred to the 1st Fleet 1st Fleet in April 1918. The strongest fleet in the world has been completed.
--During this time, it is said that he was dispatched to the northern waters in a support operation accompanying the Siberian intervention.
――After this, Ise started full-scale renovation work of the foremast tower in 1927, while making several minor modifications, shooting command post, survey station, watch station, irradiation command post, and mast tower. The command post, each direction board aiming device, the measuring board, etc. were placed in the foremast tower, and it became a familiar Japanese battleship-like bridge.
――After this, we are gradually enhancing our aviation weapons, such as installing a water reconnaissance mount on the 5th turret and placing a catapult on the rear deck.
――In this way, in the Showa era, the capabilities of battleships in each country will increase, and the capabilities of aircraft will increase dramatically.
――To counter this, in 1935, we will start modernization work for the purpose of strengthening gun battle capability, improving horizontal and underwater defense, and improving speed.
――Ise received a series of battleship modernization works at the end, so it is said that all the results were put in and it became the leading ship next to the Nagato-class battleship.
――Ise entered the Pacific War in this state, although there were minor modifications such as the expansion of an air defense command post.
--In the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Bungo Channel was dispatched to the Pacific Ocean on December 8th, the day of the attack, for the purpose of [supporting the withdrawal of MTF].
――This is supposed to be for when the MTF is damaged, but it seems to be true that it is for the medal.
――Of course, there is no need for MTF support and it ends up as a mere daimyo procession.
――After this, the MTF destroyed the enemy Pacific Fleet, so there were no enemies for the time being, and the battleship fleet was simply devoted to training.
――And even in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, you will sortie as a support ship for the Aleutian operation of the demonstration, but this time it has ended without any action.
――The battle with Hawaii, the Indian Ocean, the Coral Sea, and Midway has become the era of aircraft carriers and aircraft, and the era of battleships is about to end rapidly.
--By the way, the Navy, which lost its four main aircraft carriers in Midway, decided to install a flight deck on a slow-moving battleship with less existence value as an alternative, and make this refurbishment to Ise and Hinata. I decided to do it.
--The renovation work was completed in August 1943, and an aircraft carrier, a half-battleship and a half-aircraft carrier, which is unprecedented in the world, was born.
--The onboard aircraft are comet and Aichi E16A. The ship was launched using a catapult, and the comet was housed in another aircraft carrier or land base because it could not land, and Mizuun was landed and housed in a derrick.
――For this reason, the aircraft battleship Ise, the Hyuga-only aviation corps, and the 634 aviation corps are also organized.
――While doing this, the battlefield continued to deteriorate, and the aircraft carrier air force was destroyed during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
――And when the US military invasion of the Philippines began and Operation Ichi-Go was announced, in October 1944, Ise was an aircraft carrier in the aircraft carrier decoy fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa? Sortie as.
――At this time, Ise did not have 634 sky and there was no aircraft in the hangar, so it may not have been an aircraft carrier.
――The Ozawa fleet succeeds in attracting Halsey's fleet off Cape Engaño as intended, but the price is high, and the third carrier division Zuikaku, Zuiho, Chitose, and Chiyoda will lose their four aircraft carriers.
――In this naval battle, Ise fought hard to protect Zuikaku and Zuiho, exchanged enemy bullets one after another with an outstanding ship, and received only a few close-up bullets, and survived with minor damage.
――After this, Ise, who returned to the mainland, made a round trip to Singapore, where he was full of important supplies such as a large amount of gasoline.
--Ise, who left Singapore on February 10, 1945, broke through the sea where the U.S. submarine jumped with the thought of thin ice and returned safely to Kure on February 20, and this Operation Kita was splendid. I am successful.
――After returning to Kure, it cannot be used as a battleship due to lack of fuel, so it will be transferred to a spare ship and moored in Kure Port as a floating battery.
――Although it is a reserve ship, it was originally a battleship, and the U.S. military could not leave it alone. It was wrecked and landed.
――At this time, Ise fired more than 400 main shells.
――The last one of them stopped, and I finally fired it, but it is said that this one was the last main shell released by the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship.
[data]
--Final standard displacement: 35,200 tons
--Overall length: 219.62m
--Water line length: 213.36m
--Maximum width: 33.83m
--Main engine: 4 Kampon turbines, 4 axes
--Output: 80,000 horsepower
--Speed: 25.3 knots
--Cruising power: 16 knots 9,500 nautical miles
--Weapon: 36 cm twin gun x 4 12.7 cm twin high angle gun x 8 16 gates 25 mm 3 twin guns x 31 93 gates 25 mm single machine gun x 11
--Flight decks, carrier-based aircraft, etc. will be new parts.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )