Nagato-Class Battleships, 9780764369650
Hardcover
Explore Japan’s Nagato-class battleships: power, mystery, and nuclear grave.
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Nagato-Class Battleships

ijn super-dreadnoughts nagato and mutsu

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  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2025

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Summary

Nagato-Class Battleships: An Illustrated History of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Flagships

A pictorial guide to the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Nagato-class battleships, Nagato and Mutsu. These super-dreadnoughts were launched just after World War I, representing the pinnacle of Japanese naval technology at the time.

Mutsu met a tragic end, exploding while at anchor in 1943, claiming over 1,000 lives in a mystery that endures to this day. Nagato

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780764369650
ISBN-10:0764369652
Series:Legends of Warfare: Naval
Author:Hans Lengerer, Lars Ahlberg
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Imprint:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:28 October 2025
Weight:45g
Dimensions:229mm x 229mm
About The Author

Hans Lengerer

Hans Lengerer was in the government service (executive) until retirement. After contacts with the late Erich Gröner, he was encouraged by the late Jürgen Rohwer to publish on the IJN. He has written more than 50 articles and several books, including Die Flugzeugträger der Kaiserlichen Japanischen Marine und des Heeres, 2 volumes. He lives in Germany.

Lars Ahlberg is a retired army officer; he lives in Sweden. Together with Hans Lengerer, he privately published and has co-authored the books Taihō (Japanese aircraft carrier) and Capital Ships of the IJN 1868–1945, vols. I and II.

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