Japanese battleship Settsu
 Settsu at anchor
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| Name | Settsu |
| Namesake | Settsu Province |
| Ordered | 22 June 1907 |
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 18 January 1909 |
| Launched | 30 March 1911 |
| Completed | 1 July 1912 |
| Recommissioned | 1924 |
| Reclassified | Converted to target ship, 1924 |
| Stricken |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1946–1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kawachi-class battleship |
| Displacement | 21,443 long tons (21,787 t) (normal) |
| Length | 533 ft (162.5 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft 2 in (25.7 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 10 in (8.5 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbine sets |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 999–1100 |
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| Armor |
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Settsu (摂津) was the second and last of the
siege of Qingdao in 1914, but saw no other combat. She was placed in reserve in 1919 and was disarmed in 1922 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty
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Two years later, Settsu was converted into a target ship and she played a minor role at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. At the beginning of the Pacific War in 1941, the ship was used in an attempt to deceive the Allies as to the locations and activities of the Japanese aircraft carriers. Settsu reverted to her normal role as a target ship for the rest of the war; she was badly damaged when Allied aircraft carriers struck the naval base at Kure Naval District in July 1945. The ship was refloated after the war and scrapped in 1946–1947.
Background
Brassey's Naval Annual
1915The Kawachi-class was ordered on 22 June 1907 under the 1907 Warship Supplement Program after the
depression.[3] Their design was based on the Aki with a uniform 12-inch (305 mm) main-gun armament, although cost considerations prevented all the guns from having the same barrel length.[4]
Design and description
Unlike her
license-built Curtis steam turbine sets, each set driving one propeller, using steam from 16 Miyabara water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) for a design speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). She carried enough coal and fuel oil to give her a range of 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).[5]
Settsu's main armament consisted of four 50-
saluting guns.[6] In addition, the battleship was fitted with five submerged 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes, two on each broadside and one in the stern.[7]
The
amidships. It tapered to a thickness of 5 inches (127 mm) at the ends of the ship.[3] A 6-inch (152 mm) strake of armor protected the casemates. The barbettes for the main guns were 9–11 inches (229–279 mm) thick. The armor of Settsu's main gun turrets had a maximum thickness of 11 inches. The deck armor was 1.1 inches (29 mm) thick and the conning tower was protected by 6 to 10 inches of armor.[8]
Construction and career
Settsu was
assumed command on 1 December and the ship was assigned to the First Squadron. She spent most of the following year training and patrolling off the coast of China. When World War I began in August 1914, Settsu was atSettsu was placed in reserve on 6 November 1919 and reboilered during an
hulk of the battleship Tosa, which had been used for gunnery and torpedo damage experiments, from Kure to the Bungo Channel where it was scuttled on 8 February.[13]
Between October 1935 and 1937, Settsu was converted to
radio-control which allowed her to be maneuvered by operators aboard the destroyer Yakaze. Armor on the deck, funnels, and bridge
was added to strengthen her ability to survive hits.
In late August 1937, Settsu, under the command of Captain
At the beginning of the
During the
hulk was raised in June 1946 and towed to Kure where scrapping was completed in August 1947.[9]
Notes
Footnotes
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- ^ Silverstone, p. 336
- ^ a b Lengerer 2006, p. 74
- ^ a b c d Gardiner & Gray, p. 239
- ^ Lengerer 2006, p. 73
- ^ a b c d Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 24
- ^ Lengerer 2006, p. 80
- ^ a b Preston, p. 196
- ^ Lengerer 2006, pp. 76, 81
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hackett & Kingsepp
- ^ "Storm Sweeps Japan". Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW). 27 March 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Gibbs, p. 217
- ^ Gibbs & Tamura, pp. 192, 194
- ^ Lengerer 2010, pp. 25–26
References
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- Gibbs, Jay (2010). "Question 28/43: Japanese Ex-Naval Coast Defense Guns". Warship International. XLVII (3): 217–218. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Gibbs, Jay & Tamura, Toshio (1982). "Question 51/80". Warship International. XIX (2): 190, 194–195. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander (2009). "IJN Settsu: Tabular Record of Movement". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Lengerer, Hans (September 2006). Ahlberg, Lars (ed.). "Battleships Kawachi and Settsu". Contributions to the History of Imperial Japanese Warships (Paper I): 66–84.(subscription required)(contact the editor at [email protected] for subscription information)
- Lengerer, Hans (June 2010). Ahlberg, Lars (ed.). "Battleships of the Kaga-Class and the so-called Tosa Experiments". Contributions to the History of Imperial Japanese Warships (Special Paper I).(subscription required)
- Lengerer, Hans & Ahlberg, Lars (2019). Capital Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1868–1945: Ironclads, Battleships and Battle Cruisers: An Outline History of Their Design, Construction and Operations. Vol. I: Armourclad Fusō to Kongō Class Battle Cruisers. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus. ISBN 978-953-8218-26-2.
- Preston, Antony (1972). Battleships of World War I: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Battleships of All Nations 1914–1918. New York: Galahad Books. ISBN 0-88365-300-1.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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