Nagato

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Nagato
Builder:
Kure Navy Yard
Kure, Japan
Pennant number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
November 9, 1919
Keel Laid:
August 28, 1917
Commissioned:
November 25, 1920
Fate:
Surrendered to U.S.A. as war prize Sept. 29, 1946. Used in atomic bomb tests
(Operation Crossroads) at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Survived both the Able and Baker tests.
Capsized and sank July 29, 1946.


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Page published Mar. 17, 2007