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Japanese battleship Nagato



Nagato (Japanese: 長門, named after Nagato province) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch (406 mm) guns, and she was the flagship of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku during the attack on Pearl Harbor.



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