Nagato was a Japanese battleship laid down in 1917, launched in November 1919, and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy in November 1920. The ship was 221 m long, 34 m wide, and had a full displacement of 42,800 tons. The maximum speed of the battleship Nagato was around 25-26 knots. The main armament at the time of launch was 8 410 mm guns in four turrets with two guns each, and the secondary armament was primarily 20 140 mm guns.
