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Pagoda Mast
The Pagoda mast was a type of superstructure, common on Japanese ships reconstructed during the 1930s in a bid to improve their fighting performance; these improvements were deemed necessary by the Imperial Japanese Navy owing the the "Battleships Holiday" imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, prohibiting the construction of new battleships until said Treaty's expiry in 1936.
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