Japanese battleship Musashi

Musashi (武蔵code: ja is deprecated ), named after the former Japanese province, was one of three Yamato-class battleship. 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.

This is a image from the bow of the famous Musashi

Japanese Battleship Musashi Media

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  Musashi firing her 46 cm guns on sea trials off the Iyonada Strait near Ōita, July 26 1942.

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  Musashi, August 1942, seen from the bow

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  Musashi as she appeared in mid-1944

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  Musashi and Yamato in Truk Lagoon in early 1943

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  Emperor Hirohito and his staff on board Musashi, 24 June 1943. Visible in the background are two pairs of twin 127 mm (5 in) DP guns and a triple 25 mm (1 in) AA gun.

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  Japanese battleships at Brunei, Borneo, in October 1944, photographed just prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The ships are, from left to right: Musashi, Yamato, Mogami and Nagato.

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

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