Mutsu |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Nagato |
Builder: |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Pennant number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
May 31, 1920 |
Keel Laid: |
June 1, 1918 |
Commissioned: |
October 24, 1921 |
Fate: |
Sunk June 8, 1943 due to magazine explosion. Some of the wreck has been salvaged, but most of it remains where it sank. Location: Hiroshima Bay off Kure, Japan. Over 1,100 crewmen and naval air cadets killed, 353 survivors picked up by Fuso. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Mar. 17, 2007 |