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Musashi (武蔵), named after the former Japanese province, was one of three Yamato-class battleships{{#tag:ref|Four ships were begun, but only two were completed as battleships. The third, Shinano, was completed as an aircraft carrier and the fourth was scrapped before completion.built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s. The Yamato-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing almost 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) fully loaded and armed with nine 46-centimetre (18.1 in) main guns.

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  • Musashi battleship in 1942

    Musashi, August 1942, taken from the bow

  • Musashi,Bridge

    The bridge of Musashi, 1942

  • Musashi1944

    Musashi as she appeared in mid-1944

  • Yamamoto's ashes on Musashi

    Yamamoto's ashes return to Japan aboard Musashi, 23 May 1943

  • Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi moored in Truk Lagoon, in 1943 (L42-08.06.02)

    Musashi and Yamato in Truk Lagoon in early 1943

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    Emperor Hirohito and his staff on board Musashi, 24 June 1943

  • Musashi under fire

    Musashi under attack by American carrier aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • Japanese battleship Musashi on 24 October 1944, down at the bow and sinking (NH 63434)

    Musashi down by the bow after the air attacks, shortly before her sinking

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Musashi (1942) para niños

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