Distinctive superstructure of the Imperial Japanese Navy ships of World War II
Pagoda mast on the Japanese battleship Nagato (1944)The typical pagoda mast of Fusō, which towered 40 m (130 ft) above the waterline
A pagoda mast was a type of superstructure erected on a tripod mast that was common on Japanese capital ships that were reconstructed during the 1930s in a bid to improve their fighting performance. These modifications were deemed to be necessary by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a result of the "Battleships Holiday" that was imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, which strictly limited the construction of new battleships.[1]
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A pagodamast was a type of superstructure erected on a tripod mast that was common on Japanese capital ships that were reconstructed during the 1930s...
improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagodamast style. Nevertheless, with only 14-inch guns, she was outclassed by other...
1931–1932, during which her forward superstructure was rebuilt in the pagodamast style. Ise was reconstructed in 1934–1937, with improvements to her armour...
improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagodamast style. Nagato briefly participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in...
improvements to her armour and machinery, and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagodamast style. Other than participating in the Battle of Midway and the Battle...
plated-in masts or "macks" in the early 1960s, either as new construction or by refit, such as that of HMS Salisbury in 1962. Pagodamast Roberts, Stephen...
installed on board, her forward superstructure was reconstructed in the Pagodamast style, requiring removal of one of her three funnels. The reconstruction...
modernization on 1934–1936, rebuilding the superstructure into the more familiar pagodamast style. Yamato-class Battleship Yamato (1941–1945) Musashi (1942–1944)...
9 m), and her bridge was completely reconstructed according to Japan's pagodamast style of forward superstructure. Her 16 older boilers were removed and...
improvements to their armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagodamast style. Afterward they played a minor role in the Second Sino-Japanese...
bulges and 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) of horizontal armour added, and a "pagoda" mast with additional command positions built up. This reduced the ships' speed...
October 1944 Surigao Strait Capsized 185 meters (607 ft) of water with pagodamast snapped off. — Yamashiro Imperial Japanese Navy 1,626 killed 25 October...
long tour, exploring parts of the main deck and traversing through the Pagodamast. He was told that Yamato was a 45,000 ton battleship armed with nine...
Sand pagodas (Burmese: သဲပုံစေတီ; Thai: พระเจดีย์ทราย, also known as sand stupas), are temporary pagodas or stupas erected from mud or sand as a means...
brought them back to their own ships; but closer inspection revealed pagodamasts and yellow flight decks. These ships could only be Japanese. As the attack...
identification. Flying in for an even closer look, Brooks reported, "I can see pagodamasts. I see the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw...
buildings, guyed masts, or cellular towers, ranked by their pinnacle height. Many of the structures on the list are Buddhist stupas (pagodas), temples, and...
square, tall pagodas, erected along a straight line down the center of the valley represent the masts of the ship's sail, where the rounded pagodas and Buddhas...
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