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Imperial Japanese Navy: surrendered its sole surviving battleship, Nagato to the United States following World War II. Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers– A Technical Directory of all the World's Capital Ships from 1860 to the Present Day. London: Salamander Books Ltd. p.272. ISBN 978-0-517-37810-6.
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