Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Battleship ISE

Water Line Series

The ISE class battleships were laid down in 1915 and designed as modified FUSO class ships. The primary difference between the two was paired turrets for an increase in protection and fire control and a slightly longer ship.

After the Battle of Midway, they were reconstructed into carrier-battleship hybrids. This was done by the placement of a short flight deck over the aftermost turrets equipped with strong catapults to launch planes into the air. However, no aircraft were ever recorded in use on either ships and their conversion has been thought to be a ploy to fool Allied forces. Both the ISE battleships were sunk in shallow water at Kure with less than a month remaining in the war. The HYUGA was sunk on 24 July 1945 and the ISE was sunk four days later.

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• ISE.

• HYUGA

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Hasegawa 119