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Thursday, 14 September 2017

Japanese battleship Mutsu launched according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 1 June 1920


An item dated Tokyo, Japan 31th May reported the launching of the 33.000 tons battleship Mutsu.(1)

Note
1. Of the Nagato-class consisting of the Nagato and the Mutsu, precede by the Ise-class and succeeded by the Tosa-class. Laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 1 June 1918, launched on 31 May 1920, commissioned on 24 October 1921 and finally sunk in the Hashirakima fleet anchorage caused by an internal explosion on 8 June 1943.