Models of this class:

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Line Drawing from Fuso MiniCraft kit instructions.

Information on this class has been compiled by Jeff Donahoo

Standard Displacement: 34,700 tons
Complement: 1,396

Length: 698'
Beam: 108'-6"
Draught: 31'-9" (mean)

Guns:

12-14"/45cal

14-6"/50cal

8-5"/40cal

21-25mm

Armor: 12" side
7" deck

Machinery: 4 shaft Kanpon turbines
Boilers: 6 Kanpon
S.H.P.: 75,000=24 knots
Oil: 5,019 tons
Radius: 11,800 miles @ 16 knots

Ships in class:

Fuso
Meaning: Ancient Prefecture near Nagoya
Builder: Kure Kaigun Kosho
Ordered: 1911
Laid Down: 3/11/12
Launched: 3/28/14
Completed: 11/8/15
Fate: sunk, 10/25/44
Fleet Assignments:
BatDiv 2 1st Fleet 9/41-2/44
BatDiv 2 Combined Fleet 2/44-10/44
Wartime Commanders:
Capt Kinoshita Mitsuo 9/41-7/42
VA Shimizu Mitsumi 7/42-12/42
Capt Komura Keizo 12/42-6/43
Capt Tsuruoka Nobumichi 6/43-2/44
*Capt Ban Masao 244/-10/44
Service Notes:
10/25/44 -0349hrs sunk by US warships in Surigao Strait
(10.25N 125.23E) about 1,400 dead and less
then 10 survivors

Yamashiro
Meaning: Ancient Prefecture near Kyoto
Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho
Ordered: 1911
Laid Down: 11/20/13
Launched: 11/3/15
Completed: 3/31/17
Fate: sunk, 10/25/44
Fleet Assignments:
BatDiv 2 1st Fleet 9/41-2/44
BatDiv 2 Combined Fleet 2/44-10/44
Wartime Commanders:
Capt Obata Chozaemon 8/41-6/42
Capt Kogure Gunji 6/42-3/43
Capt Hayakawa Mikio 3/43 -8/43
*Capt Shinoda Katsukio 5/44-10/44
Service Notes:
10/31/43 hit by dud torpedo from USS Halibut (SS-232)
10/25/44 -0419hrs sunk by US warships in Surigao Strait
(10.22N 125.21E) about 1,400 dead and 3 saved

Note: C and D cancelled and redesigned as the Ise class.