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That is, due to shell technology in which shells exploded after breaching thin armor, it was deemed better to replace it with either very heavy armor or none at all.

In regard to armor, the Nagato class resembled the American 'All or Nothing' practice in regard to naval armor. In sea trials in 1920, the Nagato clocked in at 26.7kts, a blistering speed at the time for battleships. The Nagato and her sister ship, Mutsu, were built with speed in mind and were very similiar to the British Queen Elizabeth class battleships in this regard. The Nagato was laid down on 28 August 1917 at the Kure Naval Yard, Nagato was launched on Novemand completed over three years later on 25 November 1920. The battleship Nagato was built by Kure Navy Yard for the Imperial Japanese Navy under provision of the 1916-1917 Program of Naval Construction by that nation.

She was designed by Captain Hiraga Yuzuru of the Imperial Navy in the first part of 1916 and by Japanese accounts placing her several months of the USS Maryland, an American ship of similiar capability. The Nagato was the first Japanese battleship to be designed domestically, as well as the first battleship built with 16 inch guns.

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