![]() What ultimately emerged were the most advanced battleships afloat in the world. Hiraga and his team were meticulous, delaying final completion of her plans until mid-1917 in order to incorporate the lessons learned from the Battle of Jutland the previous year. As such, from the outset the Nagato-class were set to be first-rate dreadnoughts, competitive with the offerings of the other navies of the world (chiefly the Colorado-class battleships that were being built by the United States). By this time, Japan was a steadfast, growing naval power and wanted their designs to reflect such a status. Led by famed naval architect Yuzuru Hiraga, planning and design for the Nagato-class began in 1916. ![]() As such, the Nagato-class is seen as the culmination of all the experience learned by the Japanese Navy in dreadnought design and construction up through the end of World War I. The Nagato-class battleships were the last pair of battleships build by the Japanese Navy before the global hiatus on capital ship construction due to the ratification of the Washington and London Naval Treaties. ![]()
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