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List of battleships of World War II

Index List of battleships of World War II

This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. [1]

89 relations: Almirante Latorre-class battleship, Andrea Doria-class battleship, ARA Moreno, ARA Rivadavia, Battleship, Bismarck-class battleship, Blockship, Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes, Brazilian battleship São Paulo, Bretagne-class battleship, Colorado-class battleship, Conte di Cavour-class battleship, Courbet-class battleship, Deutschland-class battleship, Dreadnought, Dunkerque-class battleship, French battleship Courbet (1911), French battleship Dunkerque, French battleship Jean Bart (1911), French battleship Lorraine, French battleship Paris, French battleship Provence, French battleship Richelieu, French battleship Strasbourg, Fusō-class battleship, Gangut-class battleship, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, HMS Centurion (1911), HMS Duke of York (17), HMS Howe (32), HMS Iron Duke (1912), HMS Malaya, HMS Nelson (28), HMS Prince of Wales (53), HMS Ramillies (07), HMS Resolution (09), HMS Revenge (06), HMS Rodney (29), HMS Royal Oak (08), HMS Royal Sovereign (05), HMS Vanguard (23), Iowa-class battleship, Iron Duke-class battleship, Ise-class battleship, Italian battleship Caio Duilio, Italian battleship Conte di Cavour, Italian battleship Giulio Cesare, Italian battleship Littorio, Italian battleship Roma (1940), Japanese battleship Fusō, ..., Japanese battleship Haruna, Japanese battleship Hiei, Japanese battleship Hyūga, Japanese battleship Kirishima, Japanese battleship Kongō, Japanese battleship Musashi, Japanese battleship Mutsu, Japanese battleship Nagato, King George V-class battleship (1911), King George V-class battleship (1939), Kongō-class battlecruiser, List of ships of World War II, List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons, Littorio-class battleship, Minas Geraes-class battleship, Museum ship, Nagato-class battleship, Nelson-class battleship, Nevada-class battleship, New Mexico-class battleship, New York-class battleship, North Carolina-class battleship, Pennsylvania-class battleship, Pre-dreadnought battleship, Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, Revenge-class battleship, Richelieu-class battleship, Rivadavia-class battleship, Russian battleship Gangut (1911), Scharnhorst-class battleship, Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon, South Dakota-class battleship (1939), Tennessee-class battleship, USS Colorado (BB-45), USS South Dakota (BB-57), War memorial, World War II, Wyoming-class battleship, Yamato-class battleship. Expand index (39 more) »

Almirante Latorre-class battleship

The Almirante Latorre class consisted of two super-dreadnought battleships designed by the British company Armstrong Whitworth for the Chilean Navy.

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Andrea Doria-class battleship

The Andrea Doria class (usually called Caio Duilio class in Italian sources) was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the early 1910s.

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ARA Moreno

ARA Moreno was a dreadnought battleship designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina).

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ARA Rivadavia

ARA Rivadavia was an Argentine battleship built during the South American dreadnought race.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.

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Bismarck-class battleship

The Bismarck class was a pair of battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

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Blockship

A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used.

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Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes

Minas Geraes, spelled Minas Gerais in some sources, was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy.

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Brazilian battleship São Paulo

São Paulo was a dreadnought battleship designed and built by the British companies Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers, respectively, for the Brazilian Navy.

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Bretagne-class battleship

The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War.

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Colorado-class battleship

The Colorado-class battleships were a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed:,, and.

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Conte di Cavour-class battleship

The Conte di Cavour–class battleships were a group of three dreadnoughts built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s.

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Courbet-class battleship

The Courbet class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy before World War I. The class comprised four ships:,,, and. All four ships were deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the entirety of World War I, spending most of their time escorting French troop convoys from North Africa and covering the Otranto Barrage. An Anglo-French fleet led by Courbet succeeded in sinking the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser in the Battle of Antivari. Jean Bart was torpedoed in the bow by on 21 December 1914, but she was able to steam to Malta for repairs. France sank after striking a rock in Quiberon Bay in 1922. Between the wars the surviving ships were modernised several times, but they were not rebuilt thoroughly enough to prevent them from becoming obsolete in comparison to modern German or Italian battleships. They were relegated to training duties during the 1930s. Courbet and Paris escaped to Portsmouth where they became depot and accommodation ships after the French armistice in 1940. Jean Bart was demilitarised, renamed Océan, and became a school hulk in Toulon. She was captured there on 27 November 1942, although she was not scuttled. She was used for experiments with large shaped charge warheads by the Germans until she was sunk by the Allies in 1944, later broken up in place in 1945. Courbet was scuttled on 9 June 1944 as a breakwater for a Mulberry harbour used during the Battle of Normandy.

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Deutschland-class battleship

The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine.

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Dreadnought

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.

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Dunkerque-class battleship

The Dunkerque-class battleship was a type of warship constructed for the French Navy in the 1930s.

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French battleship Courbet (1911)

Courbet was the lead ship of her class, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy.

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French battleship Dunkerque

Dunkerque was the lead ship of the of battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s.

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French battleship Jean Bart (1911)

Jean Bart was the second ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy.

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French battleship Lorraine

Lorraine was a battleship of the French Navy built in the 1910s, named in honor of the region of Lorraine in France.

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French battleship Paris

Paris was the third ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy.

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French battleship Provence

Provence was a battleship of the French Navy built in the 1910s, named in honor of the French region of Provence.

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French battleship Richelieu

Richelieu was a French battleship and the lead ship of her class.

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French battleship Strasbourg

Strasbourg was the second and last battleship of the built for the French Navy before World War II.

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Fusō-class battleship

The were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I. Both patrolled briefly off the coast of China before being placed in reserve at the war's end.

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Gangut-class battleship

The Gangut-class battleships, also known as the "Sevastopol class", were the first dreadnoughts begun for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. They had a convoluted design history involving several British companies, evolving requirements, an international design competition, and foreign protests.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1947 and 1962.

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HMS Centurion (1911)

HMS Centurion was the second of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s.

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HMS Duke of York (17)

HMS Duke of York was a battleship of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Howe (32)

HMS Howe (pennant number 32) was the last of the five British ''King George V''-class battleships of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Iron Duke (1912)

HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

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HMS Malaya

HMS Malaya was a built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s.

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HMS Nelson (28)

HMS Nelson (pennant number 28) was one of two s built for the Royal Navy between the two World Wars.

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HMS Prince of Wales (53)

HMS Prince of Wales was a ''King George V''-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.

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HMS Ramillies (07)

HMS Ramillies (pennant number: 07) was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and saw no combat during the war.

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HMS Resolution (09)

HMS Resolution (pennant number: 09) was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916, she saw no combat during the war.

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HMS Revenge (06)

HMS Revenge (pennant number: 06) was the lead ship of the s built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Although the class is often referred to as the Royal Sovereign class, official documents of 1914–1918 refer to it as the Revenge class.

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HMS Rodney (29)

HMS Rodney (pennant number 29) was one of two s built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s.

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HMS Royal Oak (08)

HMS Royal Oak was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

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HMS Royal Sovereign (05)

HMS Royal Sovereign (pennant number 05) was a (also known as Royal Sovereign and R-class) battleship of the Royal Navy displacing and armed with eight guns in four twin-gun turrets.

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HMS Vanguard (23)

HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the end of the war.

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Iowa-class battleship

The Iowa-class battleships were a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces that would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

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Iron Duke-class battleship

The Iron Duke class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War.

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Ise-class battleship

The were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I. Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923.

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Italian battleship Caio Duilio

Caio Duilio was an Italian that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II.

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Italian battleship Conte di Cavour

Conte di Cavour was the name ship of the three s built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s.

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Italian battleship Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare was one of three dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s.

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Italian battleship Littorio

Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.

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Italian battleship Roma (1940)

Roma, named after two previous ships and the city of Rome, was the fourth -class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

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Japanese battleship Fusō

was the lead ship of the two dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Japanese battleship Haruna

was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during:World War I and:World War II.

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Japanese battleship Hiei

was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II.

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Japanese battleship Hyūga

Hyūga (日向) was the second and last built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s.

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Japanese battleship Kirishima

was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II.

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Japanese battleship Kongō

Kongō (金剛, "Indestructible Diamond", named for Mount Kongō) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II.

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Japanese battleship Musashi

, named after the former Japanese province, was one of two s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s.

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Japanese battleship Mutsu

Mutsu was the second and last dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the end of World War I. It was named after the province, In 1923 she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake.

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Japanese battleship Nagato

, named for Nagato Province, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s.

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King George V-class battleship (1911)

The King George V-class battleships were a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the early 1910s that were sometimes termed super-dreadnoughts.

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King George V-class battleship (1939)

The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II.

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Kongō-class battlecruiser

The was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class, Kongō, was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan, by Vickers.

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List of ships of World War II

This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type.

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List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons

The List of World War II ships of less than 1000-tons is an alphabetical list of minor military ships of World War II.

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Littorio-class battleship

The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class,Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down on the same date, so ambiguity exists in the naming of the class.

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Minas Geraes-class battleship

The Minas Geraes class, spelled Minas Gerais in some sources, consisted of two battleships built for the Brazilian Navy in the early twentieth century.

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Museum ship

A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes.

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Nagato-class battleship

The were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I, although they were not completed until after the end of the war.

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Nelson-class battleship

The Nelson class was a class of two battleships (and) of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

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Nevada-class battleship

The two s were the first Standard-type battleships produced by the U.S. Navy, and also the first to use triple main turrets.

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New Mexico-class battleship

The New Mexico-class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the.

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New York-class battleship

The New York class of battleship was a class of ships designed and constructed by the United States Navy between 1908 and 1914.

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North Carolina-class battleship

The North Carolina class was a class of two fast battleships, and, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Pennsylvania-class battleship

The Pennsylvania-class consisted of two super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy just before the First World War.

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Pre-dreadnought battleship

Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.

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Queen Elizabeth-class battleship

The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1915–16.

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Revenge-class battleship

The Revenge-class battleships (listed as Royal Sovereign class in several editions of Jane's Fighting Ships, as with the 1919 and 1931 editions, and sometimes also known as the "R" class) were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as the First World War loomed, and launched in 1914–16.

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Richelieu-class battleship

The Richelieu-class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy.

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Rivadavia-class battleship

The Rivadavia class consisted of two battleships designed by the American Fore River Shipbuilding Company for the Argentine Navy.

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Russian battleship Gangut (1911)

Gangut (Гангут) was both the lead ship of the dreadnoughts of the Imperial Russian Navy built before World War I and the last of her class to be completed.

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Scharnhorst-class battleship

The Scharnhorst class were the first capital ships, referred to as either battleships or battlecruisers, built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine after World War I. The class comprised two vessels: and.

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Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon

The French fleet in Toulon was scuttled on 27 November 1942 to avoid capture by Nazi German forces.

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South Dakota-class battleship (1939)

The South Dakota class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy.

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Tennessee-class battleship

The Tennessee class was a class of battleships of the United States Navy.

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USS Colorado (BB-45)

The USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947.

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USS South Dakota (BB-57)

USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a battleship in the United States Navy, in active service from 1942 until 1947.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wyoming-class battleship

The Wyoming class was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy.

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Yamato-class battleship

The were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) constructed and operated during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_World_War_II

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