IJN Musashi named after the ancient Japanese Musashi Province. IJN Musashi was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet. IJN Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato-class. IJN Musashi and her sister ship, IJN Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 long tons fully loaded, and armed with nine 46 cm main guns.
Constructed from 1938–1941 and formally commissioned in the summer of 1942, IJN Musashi served as the flagship of Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto and Mineichi Koga in 1943. Throughout 1943, IJN Musashi remained within the naval bases at Truk Lagoon, Kure, and Brunei, transferring between them several times in response to American airstrikes on Japanese island bases. IJN Musashi was sunk on 24 October 1944 by American carrier aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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