IJN battleship "pagoda" decks

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Here's what they were for, from The Battleship Fuso, in the Anatomy of the Ship series. Very odd those tall skinny superstructures. I think they look cool. The most evil looking warships were IJN heavy cruisers!

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I do have the Fuso book. I paid fifteen bux for it at a "Half Price Books". And a bunch of the others. The Essex book in the series reminds me of a transparent plexiglas model of a WWII Essex with all of the compartments visible, which used to be at the PSNS Naval Shipyard Museum.

One is the Sokuteki Ban Platform.... Some sort of fire control level....

Then there is a "Battle Bridge" and a bunch of lookout platforms. Designed in the day when the MK1 Eyeball was a principal detection instrument.

Cheers: T
 
apparently the pagoda structures evolved over time...Fuso in 1917..
 
In a photo of 1921 she looks very much like a Jutland Era Battlecruiser. Not so unexpected as Kongo was built in Brittan and the following ships of that class copied in Japan, influencing the design of the subsequent Fuso. A 1925 photo shows a start to the multiplication of "pagoda" levels, with it seemingly almost fully evolved by 1933 when she completed most of her modernization. The main turrets differed from the Vickers model only in minor details.

Cheers: T
 
fliger747 said:
In a photo of 1921 she looks very much like a Jutland Era Battlecruiser. Not so unexpected as Kongo was built in Brittan and the following ships of that class copied in Japan, influencing the design of the subsequent Fuso. A 1925 photo shows a start to the multiplication of "pagoda" levels, with it seemingly almost fully evolved by 1933 when she completed most of her modernization. The main turrets differed from the Vickers model only in minor details.

Cheers: T
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yep...you can really see the progression..
 
Pagoda masts were very intimidating in my opinion. They said battleship!

I have plans for Nagato that I will eventually get to so I can film a FSX version of Tora! Tora! Tora! 's opening scene.
 
Have a book on Japanese Cruisers of WW2 if anyone needs something... here is a sample... A class Heavy Cruiser Takao::salute:
 
What's the book, have a really good collection, but that's not on the list at present. The Cruisers were definitly at the pointy end of the spear, a lot!

Cheers: T
 
fliger747 said:
What's the book, have a really good collection, but that's not on the list at present. The Cruisers were definitly at the pointy end of the spear, a lot!

Cheers: T
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I'm going to guess it's from this book, which is a massive 2.5 inch thick "bible" of IJN cruisers. The book is amazing. It's a very detailed (850 pgs) "technical history" of this shps:

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Got mine from someone who worked on the book providing plan information....wants to see a 3D model representation and he found me on the net.
 
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