To obtain the power of marine aviation, a main cannon was removed, and in it's place a flight deck was installed, granting the aviation power of a light aircraft carrier. Aviation battleship, Ise.
My name was taken up by the newly-developed DDH of the Marine Self Defence Force.[3]
At first, Ise and Hyuuga were planned to be built as the 3rd and 4th of the Fusou-class battleships, but because of many defects found in Fuso and Yamashiro along with budget problems, their construction was put off. In this period, improving on the Fusou-class battleships, the design of Ise & Hyuuga was widely changed (e.g. positioning of 3rd, 4th turrets, see the photo cited from Brassey's Naval Annual 1923 p.426) and at last they were built as Ise-class battleships.
During WW2, Ise & Hyuuga were converted into aviation battleships. There were two reasons for doing so. Firstly, in an exercise on the 5th of July 1942, there was an accident on the fifth turret of Hyuuga and she needed repairs. Two, the Japanese Navy had to compensate for the loss of 4 regular aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 (Akagi, Kaga, Souryuu and Hiryuu). Because of this, instead of being restored to her original state, Hyuuga was remodeled as an aviation battleship (Ise received the same treatment.)
Though they became aviation battleships, they were not utilized as aviation battleships in combat partly because there were not enough planes available for them, and they served solely as normal battleships until they were sunk. This can be seen from the fact that their catapults were removed.
↑Learning a lesson from defects of Fusou-class BBs, some of the main guns of Ise-class BBs were re-positioned. Besides, there was an accident on 5th turret of Hyuuga. Perhaps, she is kidding Fusou, Yamashiro, and Hyuuga.
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↑Second of the Hyuuga-class helicopter destroyers, DDH-182 Ise
↑Historically speaking, her catapult was removed and Ise was used as battleship. But she is world's first (and last) BBV and seems to be proud of it. She may hope to work and have outstanding military achievements as BBV even only in Kancolle world.
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