She was present during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June, but did not come in contact with American surface forces. Torpedoed in early 1944 by an American submarine, Musashi was forced to return to Japan for repairs, during which the navy greatly augmented her anti-aircraft armament.
She was used to transfer forces and equipment between Japan and various occupied islands several times in 1944. The ship was transferred to Truk in early 1943 and sortied several times that year with the fleet in unsuccessful searches for American forces. They were equipped with six or seven floatplanes to conduct reconnaissance.Ĭommissioned in mid-1942, Musashi was modified to serve as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and spent the rest of the year working up. Their secondary armament consisted of four 15.5-centimetre (6.1 in) triple- gun turrets formerly used by the Mogami-class cruisers. 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. Musashi ( 武蔵), named after the former Japanese province, was one of three Yamato-class battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s.
2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine gunsĦ–7 × Nakajima E8N or Nakajima E4N floatplanes.Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944 Musashi leaving Brunei in October 1944 for the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where she would ultimately be sunk by air attack
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