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'''IJN Battleship ''Kawachi''''' was the first of two battleships built by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] right after the [[Russo-Japanese War]] as the first Dreadnoughts for the country.  Unusually as a dreadnought, Kawachi-class had four 50 Calibre 12" guns forward and astern and eight 45 Calibre 12" guns on the sides because the 50 Calibre guns became available after the class was planned.
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Tsuchiyama Tetsuzo|nick=Tsuchiyama Tetsuzo|appt=1 November 1911|end=1 December 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Tsuchiyama Tetsuzo|nick=Tsuchiyama Tetsuzo|appt=1 November 1911|end=1 December 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Nakajima Ichitaro|nick=Nakajima Ichitaro|appt=1 December 1912|end=1 December 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Nakajima Ichitaro|nick=Nakajima Ichitaro|appt=1 December 1912|end=1 December 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ColIJN}}|name=Machida Komajiro|nick=Machida Komajiro|appt=1 December 1913|end=13 December 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Machida Komajiro|nick=Machida Komajiro|appt=1 December 1913|end=13 December 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Oyamada Nakanojo|nick=Oyamada Nakanojo|appt=13 December 1915|end=1 December 1917}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Oyamada Nakanojo|nick=Oyamada Nakanojo|appt=13 December 1915|end=1 December 1917}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Masaki Yoshimoto|nick=Masaki Yoshimoto|appt=1 December 1917|end=21 September 1918}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Colonel|name=Masaki Yoshimoto|nick=Masaki Yoshimoto|appt=1 December 1917|end=21 September 1918}}

Revision as of 21:49, 19 September 2020

Kawachi (1910)
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Arsenal
Ordered: 22 June 1907
Laid down: 1 April 1909
Launched: 15 October 1910
Completed: 31 March 1912
Commissioned: 1 April 1912
Decommissioned: 21 Sept 1918
Sold:
Fate: Sunk in accident, 12 July 1918

IJN Battleship Kawachi was the first of two battleships built by the Imperial Japanese Navy right after the Russo-Japanese War as the first Dreadnoughts for the country. Unusually as a dreadnought, Kawachi-class had four 50 Calibre 12" guns forward and astern and eight 45 Calibre 12" guns on the sides because the 50 Calibre guns became available after the class was planned.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography


Kawachi Class Dreadnought
  Kawachi Settsu  
<– Shikishima Class Battleships (JP) Fusō Class –>