Japanese battleship Settsu
Videos
Settsu was the second and last of the Kawachi-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. During World War I she bombarded German fortif
Settsu at anchor
A postcard of Settsu at speed
Settsu at Sukumo Bay as a radio-controlled target ship, 4 May 1939
Settsu after her 1940 modification, Kure, 7 April 1940
The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea were a series of large-scale air raids by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 that sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperi
Japanese battleship Settsu
…this time, she was fitted with a number of license-built Hotchkiss 25 mm Type 96 light AA guns, depth charges and a hydrophone. During the U.S. Navy carrier air attack on Kure on 24 July 1945, Settsu was attacked by 30 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters near Etajima. She was struck by one bomb that killed two men and wounded another…
Japanese battleship Haruna under attack on 28 July
Tone under intense aerial attack by aircraft of USS Shangri-La, 24 July
Grounded hulk of Kaiyō being scrapped in Beppu Bay, 1946–1947
Amagi capsized in Kure harbor, 1946