Japanese battleship Satsuma

Picture of Satsuma
History
Japan
Name	Satsuma
Namesake	Satsuma Province
Ordered	1904
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan
Laid down	15 May 1905
Launched	15 November 1906
Commissioned	25 March 1910
Decommissioned	1922
Stricken	20 September 1923
Fate	Sunk as target, 7 September 1924
General characteristics
Class and type	Satsuma-class semi-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	19,372–19,700 long tons (19,683–20,016 t)
Length	482 ft (146.9 m)
Beam	83 ft 6 in (25.5 m)
Draft	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Installed power	20 Miyabara water-tube boilers 17,300 ihp (12,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.25 knots (33.8 km/h; 21.0 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	800–940
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 10 in (254 mm) guns 12 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 8 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 4–9 in (102–229 mm) Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Gun turrets: 7–9 in (178–229 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm)

Satsuma (薩摩) was a semi-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century. Lead ship of her class, she was the first battleship built in Japan. She was named for Satsuma Province, now a part of Kagoshima prefecture. The ship saw no combat during World War I, although she led a squadron that occupied several German colonies in the Pacific Ocean in 1914. Satsuma was disarmed and sunk as a target in 1922–1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.