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This vessel was considered the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Also the site of the surrender of the Japanese in 1945. 708 feet in overall length, the Nagato weighed 38,500 standard tons. Nagato's armament consisted of eight 45 caliber guns, twenty 50 caliber guns, 4 antiaircraft guns, three machine guns and eight torpedo tubes, 4 above the water and 4 below. The gun turrets have not separated from the barbette. The Nagato sank on July 29, 1946 a few days after the Baker test bomb detonated near her. The ship is inverted, lying in 160-170 feet of water.
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