Battleship

Mitsubishi Zosen
Nagasaki, Japan

N/A

June 1937

November 1, 1940

March 29, 1938

August 5, 1942

Sunk Oct. 24, 1944 by U. S. Carrier aircraft from USS Intrepid CV-11, USS Cabot CVL-28,
USS Essex CV-9, USS Lexington CV-16 and USS Franklin CV-13 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Location: Sibuyan Sea, 25mi S of Bondoc Point, Luzon, Philippines.
(12.50N - 122.35E)

Aprox. 1,023 crewmen killed, 1,376 survivors.

Builder's Data

Japanese Navy Index