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The B-64/B-65 design has its roots in the 1904-05 experience of the Russo-Japanese war and the development of the Kantai Kessen (decisive battle doctrine). This dicta contemplated night attacks on the screening forces of an enemy fleet by cruisers, followed by a torpedo attack on the battleships. The four Kongo class fast battleships were to support Japanese cruisers in destroying enemy ships that would threaten the destroyers and torpedo boats.
First envisaged in 1936, the B-64 project was intended to replace the ageing Kongos in their supporting role and described as 'super Type-A (heavy in Washington Treaty parlance) cruisers'. The ships were to be implemented in the fleet in two batches of three, with construction work to begin in 1941. The designation B-64 was originally used for the Amagi class battlecruisers, but since none was eventually completed (except Akagi which was converted in an aircraft carrier), the designation was dropped and initially reused for the new ships.
Design of the new super cruisers began in 1939, with preliminary variants ready the following year. The final design has a similar appearance to the just completed Yamato class superbattleships, and called for nine 31 cm/50 guns in three triple turrets, using the same main battery layout of two superfiring forward and one aft; sixteen 10 cm guns in twin turrets taken straight from the Akizuki class design; twelve 25 mm AA guns, plus four 13.2 mm machine guns (25 mm were to be fitted in four triple mounts, while 13.2 mm in twins; data for #795 and #796 according to article by Mr. Fukaya in Warship International). Torpedo tubes were contemplated but none made to the final design. Armour was 190 mm inclined at 20° for the main belt, which had a degree of immunity against large shells over 20,000 mt, and 125 mm deck. One of the main factors of the new cruisers was speed, capable of a very high 34 kn.
By late 1940, the Japanese had caught wind of the new Alaska class large cruisers being authorized for the USN. Believing the ships would for part of the enemy's fleet screen, the B-64 design was revised to B-65: the ships were relatively unchanged except for the main battery, which was altered to six 36 cm (short for 356 mm, possibly reusing the 14'' guns of the Kongo class?) in three twin turrets, to maintain a qualitative edge against the Alaskas.
Today there is a tendency to group the new B-64 and the derivative B-65 project under the same designation to distinguish it from the previous Amagi design, since both are variants of the same ship.
As the war in the Pacific started, the more pressing needs for carriers and smaller ships forced the Imperial Navy to postpone the B-65 design, and after 1942 to reduce the number of ships to be built to 2, which were assigned hull numbers 795 and 796, with a projected date of completion of 1945-46. None was eventually laid down, and even their American counterparts were finished too late to have an influence in world shipbuilding.
First envisaged in 1936, the B-64 project was intended to replace the ageing Kongos in their supporting role and described as 'super Type-A (heavy in Washington Treaty parlance) cruisers'. The ships were to be implemented in the fleet in two batches of three, with construction work to begin in 1941. The designation B-64 was originally used for the Amagi class battlecruisers, but since none was eventually completed (except Akagi which was converted in an aircraft carrier), the designation was dropped and initially reused for the new ships.
Design of the new super cruisers began in 1939, with preliminary variants ready the following year. The final design has a similar appearance to the just completed Yamato class superbattleships, and called for nine 31 cm/50 guns in three triple turrets, using the same main battery layout of two superfiring forward and one aft; sixteen 10 cm guns in twin turrets taken straight from the Akizuki class design; twelve 25 mm AA guns, plus four 13.2 mm machine guns (25 mm were to be fitted in four triple mounts, while 13.2 mm in twins; data for #795 and #796 according to article by Mr. Fukaya in Warship International). Torpedo tubes were contemplated but none made to the final design. Armour was 190 mm inclined at 20° for the main belt, which had a degree of immunity against large shells over 20,000 mt, and 125 mm deck. One of the main factors of the new cruisers was speed, capable of a very high 34 kn.
By late 1940, the Japanese had caught wind of the new Alaska class large cruisers being authorized for the USN. Believing the ships would for part of the enemy's fleet screen, the B-64 design was revised to B-65: the ships were relatively unchanged except for the main battery, which was altered to six 36 cm (short for 356 mm, possibly reusing the 14'' guns of the Kongo class?) in three twin turrets, to maintain a qualitative edge against the Alaskas.
Today there is a tendency to group the new B-64 and the derivative B-65 project under the same designation to distinguish it from the previous Amagi design, since both are variants of the same ship.
As the war in the Pacific started, the more pressing needs for carriers and smaller ships forced the Imperial Navy to postpone the B-65 design, and after 1942 to reduce the number of ships to be built to 2, which were assigned hull numbers 795 and 796, with a projected date of completion of 1945-46. None was eventually laid down, and even their American counterparts were finished too late to have an influence in world shipbuilding.
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