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The '''''Yahina''-class battleships''' were a class of {{wp|battleship}}s constructed for the [[Imperial Taoist Navy]] (ITN). Constructed and operated during [[Second Great War (Sunalaya)|World War II]]. Displacing 73,000 tons at full load, the vessels were the heaviest battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) naval guns, each capable of firing 1,460 kg (3,220 lb) shells over 42 km (26 mi). Three battleships of the class (Yashina, Kurokita, and Shingata) were completed, the ITN planned on building 4 of the vessels, but due to the economic situation near the end of the war, the final ship (Yakugata) was cancelled. | |||
While Yashina and Shingata were both destroyed during the war, Kurokita remains as a {{wp|museum ship}} in [[Dajime]]. | |||
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 Picture of Yashina captured by a Taoist fisherman in 1942
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Dajime Shipbuilding Co. |
| Operators: |
 Empire of the Tao |
| Preceded by: | Sousato-class |
| Built: | 1937–1943 |
| In commission: | 1941–1946 |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Cancelled: | 1 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| Preserved: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
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| Length: | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Beam: | 38.9 m (128 ft) |
| Draught: | 10.4 m (34 ft) |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range: | Up to 7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) |
| Complement: | 2,767 enlisted and officers |
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| Aircraft carried: | Up to 7 catapult aircraft |
The Yahina-class battleships were a class of battleships constructed for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN). Constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing 73,000 tons at full load, the vessels were the heaviest battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) naval guns, each capable of firing 1,460 kg (3,220 lb) shells over 42 km (26 mi). Three battleships of the class (Yashina, Kurokita, and Shingata) were completed, the ITN planned on building 4 of the vessels, but due to the economic situation near the end of the war, the final ship (Yakugata) was cancelled.
While Yashina and Shingata were both destroyed during the war, Kurokita remains as a museum ship in Dajime.
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