Sōsato-class battleship

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Sousato cycling crew in 1939
Class overview
Builders: Firentsu Naval Arsenal
Operators:  Empire of the Tao
Preceded by: Tōnobe-class
Succeeded by: Yashina-class
Built: 1917–1919
In commission: 1920–1947
Planned: 2
Completed: 2
Lost: 1
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics (1945)
Type: Battleship
Displacement: 39,130 tons
Length: 224.94 m (738.0 ft)
Beam: 34.6 m (114 ft)
Draft: 9.49 m (31.1 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 8,650 nmi (16,020 km; 9,950 mi)
Complement: 1,734 enlisted and officers
Armament:
  • 8 × 410 mm (16.1 in) guns (4×2)
  • 18 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns (18×1)
  • 8 × 127 mm (5 in) guns (4×2)
  • 98 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
Armor:
  • 305-100 mm on belt
  • 152-51 mm on deck
  • 376 mm on main gun turrets
Aircraft carried: Up to 3 floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 catapult

The Sousato-class battleships were a class of super-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN) during World War I.