Japanese battleship Settsu
 Japanese battleship Settsu in 1910 |
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| Name: | Settsu |
| Ordered: | 1907 |
| Builder: | Kure Naval Arsenal Japan |
| Laid down: | 18 January 1909 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1912 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1924 |
| Fate: | Converted to target ship, 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kawachi-class dreadnaught battleship |
| Displacement: | 21,443 long tons (21,787 t) (normal) |
| Length: | 152.4 m (500 ft) (p.p.); 162.5 m (533 ft) (o.a.)) |
| Beam: | 25.6 m (84 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| Installed power: | 11,185.5 kW (15,000 shp) (trials); 18,640 kW (25,000 shp) (service) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Brown-Curtis turbines, 16 × Miyabara boilers, 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 18.3 kn (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) (trials); 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (service) |
| Range: | Coal: 1,100 tons (normal), 2,300 tons (maximum); Fuel Oil: 400 tons |
| Complement: | 986 officers and men |
| Armament: |
4 × 305 mm (12 in)/50 cal guns (2x2) 5 × submerged 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
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The Settsu ( 摂津 (戦艦) Settsu (senkan)) was the second of the two-ship Kawachi-class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built at Kure Naval Arsenal and launched in 1910. The name Settsu comes from Settsu Province, now a part of Osaka prefecture.
Her sister ship — Kawachi — had a straight bow as opposed to the clipper bow on the Settsu.
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[edit] Design and construction
Settsu was ordered under the 1907 Fleet Expansion Program as one of the first steps in full implementation of the Eight-Eight Fleet Program. The Japanese Navy projected that a fleet of eight front-line battleships was the minimum necessary against potential threats from China, Russia or the United States. Construction was delayed by a severe world economic depression. The 305 mm (12 in) guns were acquired from Great Britain, but the 18,640 kW (25,000 shp) Brown-Curtis turbine engines were built under license by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan.
[edit] World War I
Commissioned on 1 July 1912, Settsu participated in World War I, and was assigned to patrol the sea lanes south of Japan, in the South China Sea and the Yellow Sea, as part of Japan’s contribution to the war effort under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. She was also at the Battle of Tsingtao.
[edit] Inter-war period
After the war, Settsu was host to Emperor Taishō for the triumphal naval review held off of Yokohama on 28 October 1918.
Settsu was disarmed in Kure in 1922 under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, and its weaponry and armor was removed. It was officially stricken from the Navy list on 1 October 1924.
In 1924, the hulk of Settsu was converted into a 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph), 16,130 ton target ship, with the removal of one boiler room (and funnel), and increased armor to be able to absorb hits from 203 mm (8 in) shells and 30 kg (66 lb) practice bombs. Between October 1935 and 1937, radio-control was added, allowing it to be maneuvered by operators on (the destroyer Yakaze as "mother ship"). Armor on the deck, funnels, and bridge were increased to enhance its ability to survive hits. During the Pacific War, the target ship was stationed in the Inland Sea, and used for bombing and torpedo training. It was sunk by US Navy aircraft on 24 July 1945 at Etajima; its hulk was raised and scrapped in 1947.
[edit] Gallery
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Early postcard -
In 1917-1918 -
As target ship, April 7 1940
[edit] References
- Brown, D. K. (1999). Warrior to Dreadnought, Warship Development 1860-1906. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-84067-529-2.
- Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870211927.
- Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945. Atheneum. ISBN 0689114028.
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 087021893X.
- Taylor, Michael J.H. (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Studio. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
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