Yamashiro was the second of Fuso-class super-dreadnought battleships independently designed by J-country for the first time. Yamashiro underwent extensive modernization with a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style whose bottom part was a little different from her sister Fuso. Also, the two battleships had different direction of the third turret. In 1944, she was forced into front-line duty by the desperate J-Navy and ambushed by U-Navy fleet in the Surigao Strait. She sunk in front of the last T formation fleet in the sea warfare history with her sister Fuso.[1]
Namesake[]
Named after Yamashiro Province overlapping southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Battleship Yamashiro. Have you seen my sister Fuso, Admiral? 战列舰,山城在此。提督,你看见扶桑姐姐了么。
Engagement
How I wish I could keep on with you forever. But if one day I can no longer stand by your side... please don't look back, promise me. 好想和你一直在一起。不过…如果有天,我不再在你身旁,请你务必继续走下去,哪怕一个人。
Trivia[]
In illustration, a tall bridge can be seen on Yamashiro's equipment.
Fuso and Yamashiro have exactly the same attributes.
Luck level E, like her sister.
Engagement quote has a sad emotion (though don't know why.)
Five of the six battleships she encountered in the Surigao Strait was damaged or sunk in Pearl Harbor, and then repaired and refurnished.
The Battle of Surigao Strait was the last time battleships encounter each other in traditional battle lines.
The fleet led by Yamashiro was actually crossed T by the US fleet. Ironically, this crossing T tactic was first developed and practiced by Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō against the Russian fleet in the Battle of Tsushima.