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| rdfs:comment | - Armour: The Fuso, when built, had an armour displacement of 8,588 tonnes, roughly 29% of the ships weight, between 1930 and 1933 this was increased to 12,199 tonnes with extra horizontal protection and torpedo blisters from the top of the belt down to the bottom of the hull. Engines: When built, the Fuso class employed a mixture of coal/oil boilers (24 of them) to propel the ship at 23 knots. When modernised in the early 30s these boilers were replaced with Kanpon Oil-fired burners increasing the total speed to almost 25 knots.
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| Manufacturer | - Kure Naval Yard & Yokosuka Navy Yard
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| Total Length | - Length: 698ft/ Beam: 100.5ft/ Draft: 31.75ft
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| abstract | - Armour: The Fuso, when built, had an armour displacement of 8,588 tonnes, roughly 29% of the ships weight, between 1930 and 1933 this was increased to 12,199 tonnes with extra horizontal protection and torpedo blisters from the top of the belt down to the bottom of the hull. Engines: When built, the Fuso class employed a mixture of coal/oil boilers (24 of them) to propel the ship at 23 knots. When modernised in the early 30s these boilers were replaced with Kanpon Oil-fired burners increasing the total speed to almost 25 knots. Armament: The 12X 14inch guns on the Fuso were superior to that of American and British contemporaries, however, the location of the armament was not ideal. Two of the turrets were mounted amidships on the centre line and therefore had limited arcs of fire. The secondary armament of 16X 6inch guns was also very strong. Two of these were removed when modernised but the elevation of the remainders were increased to 30 degrees giving them better range. The elevation of the main battery guns was also increased to 40 degrees. The AAA on the Fuso class ships was originally only limited to 4X 3Inch guns. This was later heavily reinforced with the 3inch guns being removed and replaced with up to 97 25mm guns and 10X 13mm machine guns. The ships were also fitted with 6 submerged 21inch torpedo tubes.
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