Hey guys, I have been asked to do a blue foam hull for the IJN Ise in it's 1940 configuration. I have conflicting data. I have the hull width at 111 feet and the length at 708 feet. Is this correct? I have a book saying that both ships in the class had the sterns lenghtened by 28 feet. Can anyone clear this up? Thanks,
Conway's list the reconstructed Ise class as 700ft waterline and 708ft overall. The beam is listed as 104ft. Scott
I'ld be a little careful with using Conway's with the Japanise battleships. It appears that they use the beam at the waterline (example: Conways gives the Yamato a beam of 121 ft and that is the beam at the waterline according to Gorsky and Anatomy references). Length is also a little dicy. We found this out in the Midwest battlegroup back in the 90's.
Does anyone have plans of the Ise they can check? What about numbers from the Yamashiro/Fuso? In a ball park sense, they should allow you to have an idea of what might be right.
Pacific Front in there book section under the Moarskie publications, they have one on the IJN Battleship Hyuga. Profile Morskie No.81. Superstructure level breakdowns and other detail views, also 1:400 plans. Covers BB version only. Polish and English text. Here's the link. http://www.pacificfront.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=106 This may help
Here's what I found on line post 1930's major refit... length - 215.8 m (708.0 ft.) beam - 33.83 m (111.0 ft.) If push comes to shove, you could get in touch with Gerald Roberts on this. He'd be the best reference and has the most material on the Japanise navy I can think of.
Actually, I have a Japanese reference book out in the shop that has numbers in english I'm still sick so the wife won't let me run out there tonite, but if you haven't got Gerald by tomorrow morning, let me know.
Hey guys, I got info back from Gerald Roberts with the help of Eric. Ise had a length of 708' and a beam of 111'. Thanks all,
