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* ''Fusou'' is a classical title for Japan.
* ''Fusou'' is a classical title for Japan.
** 扶桑 (fusou) sounds similar to 不幸 (fukou) or 'misfortune', & 不相応 (fusouou) or 'misplaced' or 'unsuitable'.
** 扶桑 (fusou) sounds similar to 不幸 (fukou) or 'misfortune', & 不相応 (fusouou) or 'misplaced' or 'unsuitable'.
* Japan's first Super-Dreadnought & the first to be completely indigenous as opposed to the, at the time, [[:Category:Kongou Class|''Kongou''-class]] battlecruisers.
* Japan's first Super-Dreadnought and the first to be completely indigenous as opposed to the, at the time, British-designed [[:Category:Kongou Class|''Kongou''-class]] battlecruisers.
** Super dreadnoughts are an era within the [[wikipedia:Battleship|battleships]].
** Super dreadnoughts are an era within the development of [[wikipedia:Battleship|battleships]].
** Finished in 1915. As time passed, her design showed numerous faults that outweighed her merits despite initially high expectations, especially given her name, & led to endless modifications.
** Finished in 1915. As time passed, her design showed numerous faults that outweighed her merits despite initially high expectations, especially given her name, and led to endless modifications.
** Due to poor maintenance, sailors considered assignment to the [[:Category:Fusou Class|''Fusou''-class]] to be the worst sea postings possible.
** Due to poor maintenance, sailors considered assignment to the [[:Category:Fusou Class|''Fusou''-class]] to be the worst sea postings possible.
* The remodeling into an [[#Notes|Aviation Battleship]] stems from a plan for the [[:Category:Fusou Class|''Fusou''-class]] after the carrier losses during the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Midway|''Battle of Midway'']]. However, it was performed on the [[:Category:Ise Class|''Ise''-class]] instead.
* The remodeling into an [[#Notes|Aviation Battleship]] stems from a plan for the [[:Category:Fusou Class|''Fusou''-class]] after the carrier losses during the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Midway|''Battle of Midway'']]. However, it was performed on the [[:Category:Ise Class|''Ise''-class]] instead.
* Sunk, by possibly [[wikipedia:USS_Melvin_(DD-680)|''USS Melvin'']], during night battle in the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait|''Battle of Surigao Strait'']], October 25th, 1944.
* Sunk, by possibly [[wikipedia:USS_Melvin_(DD-680)|USS ''Melvin'']], during night battle in the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait|''Battle of Surigao Strait'']], October 25th, 1944.
** There is a conflict in the accounts of her sinking:
** There is a conflict in the accounts of her sinking:
**# Torpedoes caused progressive flooding, upending & capsizing her within forty minutes.
**# Torpedoes caused progressive flooding, upending and capsizing her within forty minutes.
**# Torpedoes struck a magazine, causing a spectacular explosion & splitting in two with each half remaining afloat & burning for an hour. ''This seems to be increasingly discounted.''
**# Torpedoes struck a magazine, causing a spectacular explosion and splitting in two with each half remaining afloat and burning for an hour. ''This seems to be increasingly discounted.''
*As to her Wedding and MVP lines, using six twin turrets rather than four triple turrets required a longer ship, 60% of the ship's length, & thus, increased armor. As turrets No.3 & 4 were not superfiring, they further increased the length.
**As turrets No.3 & 4 were mounted amidships along the ship's centerline, they had restricted firing arcs, & forced the boiler rooms to be placed between them non-ideally & with limited space. This required extra insulation & air conditioning in the magazines of turrets No.3 & 4 to protect them from the boiler rooms' heat.
**Half the turrets were classified as prone to explode when hit.
**Firing turrets No.3 & 4 together would create blast waves that affected the entire ship.
As turrets No.3 & 4 were mounted amidships along the ship's centerline, they had restricted firing arcs, & forced the boiler rooms to be placed between them non-ideally & with limited space. This required extra insulation & air conditioning in the magazines of turrets No.3 & 4 to protect them from the boiler rooms' heat.
Half the turrets were classified as prone to explode when hit.<br>
Firing turrets No.3 & 4 together would create blast waves that affected the entire ship. (''these two do not seem to be on wikipedia'')
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