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Turret Cannons

Because of naval reduction after WWI, some battleships were scrapped and their turrets were converted to IJA fortress guns. They were deployed as follows.

Type

ex-Battleship

Place

Year

30cm L45

Kashima

Chiyogasaki, Kanagawa

1922

ditto

ditto

Azuchi Ohshima, Nagasaki

1929

ditto

Ibuki

Tsugaru, Aomori

1929

ditto

ditto

Tsurumisaki, Oita

1932

ditto

Ikoma

Sunosaki, Chiba

1932

25cm L45

Aki

Jogashima, Kanagawa

1929

20cm L45

Kurama

Daibusaki, Chiba

1932

30cm L50

Settsu

Tsushima

1929

ditto

ditto

ditto

1936

40cm L45

Tosa

Pusan, Korea

1934

ditto

Akagi

Tsushima

1934

ditto

ditto

Iki, Nagasaki

1933