Japanese battleship Yamashiro
Yamashiro was the second of two Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1917, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake.
Yamashiro at Tateyama, December 1934
Yamashiro and the aircraft carrier Kaga in Kobe Bay, October 1930
A Sparrowhawk taking off in 1922
Yamashiro testing her torpedo nets at Yokosuka in 1917
The Fusō-class battleships were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) before World War I and completed during it. Both patrolled briefly off the coast of China before being placed in reserve at the war's end. In 1922 Yamashiro became the first battleship in the IJN to successfully launch aircraft.
Yamashiro on her trials, 19 December 1916
Fusō running full-power trials on 10 May 1933 after her first reconstruction
Admiral Sankichi Takahashi commanded Fusō in 1924–1925
A twin-gun 127 mm mount on board Nagato, the same as used on board the Fusō class