Nagato
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| + | The Nagato is the end stage for all the dreadnoughts of the Japanese battleship line . Her guns changed from the 14 inch guns of the Kongo and Fuso into the mighty 16 inch guns she carries in four dual mount turrets and her handling is quite impressive for a dreadnought, enabling you to be a functional firing platform and ship of the line. She also has a very surprising secondary battery that unloads at a range not really expected for most secondary guns to fire at although her 1921 stock hull may see these guns frequently damaged and her torpedo bulge not that great, upgrading her to WWII specifications turns her into the powerful dread that is worthy to be called one of the Big Seven battleships. | |||
| ? | + | As of 0.5.3, Nagato can be said as practically untouchable in close quarters with the secondary central fire control skill narrowing the shot spread of the secondaries should any enemy get into their firing range. | ||
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| + | * Insane secondary batteries that have a slightly higher shell volume which may give the impression the battleship cannot be closed in upon | |||
| + | * Impressive handling and speed for a dreadnought | |||
| + | * Good guns, slightly better alpha, accuracy and penetration than her American tier counterpart [[Ship:Colorado|Colorado} | |||
| + | * Impressive range for a dreadnought | |||
| + | * Sub 10 second rudder shift time | |||
| + | * High HP pool at her tier | |||
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| + | * Despite the solid appearance, concentrated hails of fire WILL eventually cause really heavy damage. | |||
| + | * Armor is zero | |||
| + | * AA suite is subpar in her tier | |||
| + | * Despite the guns being rather accurate, the dispersion itself is sometimes wonky at long-range | |||
| + | * Abysmal gun reload time | |||
| + | * Very weak rudder, constantly gets jammed by HE shells hitting her flattop stern | |||
| + | * Fairly high detection unlike her counterpart | |||
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| + | Nagato (長門), named for Nagato Province, was a dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s. The lead ship of her class, she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. The ship was modernized in 1934–36 with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nagato briefly participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and was the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She covered the withdrawal of the attacking ships and did not participate in the attack itself.<br /> | |||
| + | Other than participating in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, where she did not see combat, the ship spent most of the first two years of the Pacific War training in home waters. She was transferred to Truk in mid-1943, but did not see any combat until the Battle of the Philippine Sea in mid-1944 when she was attacked by American aircraft. Nagato did not fire her main armament against enemy vessels until the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. She was lightly damaged during the battle and returned to Japan the following month. The IJN was running out of fuel by this time and decided not to fully repair her. Nagato was converted into a floating anti-aircraft platform and assigned to coastal defense duties. She was attacked in July 1945 as part of the American campaign to destroy the IJN's last remaining capital ships, but was only slightly damaged. In mid-1946, the ship was a target for nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads. She survived the first test with little damage, but was sunk by the second. | |||
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| + | File:ONI-Nagato-class.jpg{{!}}Office of Naval Intelligence recognition drawing of Nagato-class. | |||
| + | File:41cm-45 3rd Year Type naval gun outside the Yamato Museum during October 2008.jpg{{!}}A gun from the Mutsu on display at the Yamato Museum in Kure, Japan | |||
| + | File:Зенитки на муцу после модернизации.jpeg{{!}}A twin 127 mm gun mount aboard Nagato | |||
| + | File:Nagatoarmor.svg{{!}}Cross-section of the armor scheme after reconstruction | |||
| + | File:Nagato1924.jpg{{!}}Nagato at anchor, around 1924 | |||
| + | File:Mutsu1921.jpg{{!}}Mutsu at sea, 19 October 1921 | |||
| + | File:NagatoFiring1936.jpg{{!}}Nagato firing her main armament, 21 May 1936 | |||
| + | File:Nagato1944.png{{!}}Drawing of Nagato as she appeared in 1944 | |||
| + | File:Japanese Battleship Nagato 1944.jpg{{!}}Nagato lies at anchor in Brunei Bay, 21 October 1944, shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf | |||
| + | File:Crossroads Baker Base Surge.jpg{{!}}Nagato, left, at the beginning of the blast surge during the second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll | |||
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|Performance= The Nagato is the end stage for all the dreadnoughts of the Japanese battleship line . Her guns changed from the 14 inch guns of the Kongo and Fuso into the mighty 16 inch guns she carries in four dual mount turrets and her handling is quite impressive for a dreadnought, enabling you to be a functional firing platform and ship of the line. She also has a very surprising secondary battery that unloads at a range not really expected for most secondary guns to fire at although her 1921 stock hull may see these guns frequently damaged and her torpedo bulge not that great, upgrading her to WWII specifications turns her into the powerful dread that is worthy to be called one of the Big Seven battleships.
As of 0.5.3, Nagato can be said as practically untouchable in close quarters with the secondary central fire control skill narrowing the shot spread of the secondaries should any enemy get into their firing range.
|Pros=
- Insane secondary batteries that have a slightly higher shell volume which may give the impression the battleship cannot be closed in upon
- Impressive handling and speed for a dreadnought
- Good guns, slightly better alpha, accuracy and penetration than her American tier counterpart [[Ship:Colorado|Colorado}
- Impressive range for a dreadnought
- Sub 10 second rudder shift time
- High HP pool at her tier
|Cons=
- Despite the solid appearance, concentrated hails of fire WILL eventually cause really heavy damage.
- Armor is zero
- AA suite is subpar in her tier
- Despite the guns being rather accurate, the dispersion itself is sometimes wonky at long-range
- Abysmal gun reload time
- Very weak rudder, constantly gets jammed by HE shells hitting her flattop stern
- Fairly high detection unlike her counterpart
|Research=
|Gallery=Nagato (長門), named for Nagato Province, was a dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1910s. The lead ship of her class, she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. The ship was modernized in 1934–36 with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nagato briefly participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and was the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She covered the withdrawal of the attacking ships and did not participate in the attack itself.
Other than participating in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, where she did not see combat, the ship spent most of the first two years of the Pacific War training in home waters. She was transferred to Truk in mid-1943, but did not see any combat until the Battle of the Philippine Sea in mid-1944 when she was attacked by American aircraft. Nagato did not fire her main armament against enemy vessels until the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. She was lightly damaged during the battle and returned to Japan the following month. The IJN was running out of fuel by this time and decided not to fully repair her. Nagato was converted into a floating anti-aircraft platform and assigned to coastal defense duties. She was attacked in July 1945 as part of the American campaign to destroy the IJN's last remaining capital ships, but was only slightly damaged. In mid-1946, the ship was a target for nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads. She survived the first test with little damage, but was sunk by the second.
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