扶桑 ~ ふそう ~ 日本的別名 (
an old name for JAPAN)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fuso -
Fuso (Japanese: 扶桑,
an old name for Japan), was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Kosho on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915. Her 14 inch (360 mm) main gun turrets were placed in an unorthodox 2-1-1-2 style (with her sister ship Yamashiro having her third turret reversed when compared to Fuso) and with a funnel separating the middle turret placement. This placement was not entirely successful as the armored section was needlessly lengthened and the middle guns had trouble targeting. However, Fuso's relatively fine hull form allowed her to obtain a speed of 23 knots (43 km/h) as completed.
Fuso took part in no major action during World War I, as the majority of the Japanese Navy was engaged in escort duties and various other work which did not require the use of the battle line. Between the wars, Fuso and Yamashiro received major modifications, in common with all of the Japanese battleships in service. Fuso was lengthened by an additional 25 feet (7.6 m), the twin funnels trunked together, the original 24 mixed-firing boilers replaced by six new oil-fired Kampon boilers and the ships' control tops dramatically added to to produce the characteristic "pagoda" foremast which typified Japanese ships of the period. Armour protection was both increased in quantity and improved in quality on both ships, especially over the machinery spaces and below the waterline, a response to British capital ships' experiences against torpedoes (for example, HMS Marlborough was almost sunk by a single German torpedo just after the Battle of Jutland). The improvements included heavier armour belting over the midships machinery spaces, made possible by the opening out of these areas when the original boilers were replaced, and the addition of a torpedo bulge. The Fusos were capable of 25.4 knots by the time these modifications were completed, a testament to the vastly improved efficiency of boilers in the 1930s.
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扶桑（ふそう）は中国の伝説で、東方の海中にあってそこから太陽が昇るとされる神木
扶桑（ふそう）は日本の異名の一つ (
an old name for JAPAN)
「扶桑」という語を用いた名称を持つ軍艦
日本海軍の軍艦の「扶桑」。
初代は明治政府成立後に日本海軍が初めて外国に発注した装甲艦。日本初の近代的戦艦であったが、排水量は3 700tと欧米諸国の半分以下だった。のち、二等戦艦→二等海防艦。扶桑 (戦艦・初代)を参照。
二代目は戦艦。扶桑 (戦艦)を参照のこと。
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