![]() ![]() ![]() Afterward, the ship was transferred to Southeast Asia. The ship participated in the Battle off Cape Engaño in late 1944, where she was one of the ships that decoyed the American carrier fleet supporting the invasion of Leyte away from the landing beaches. The problem was that, due to a lack of aircraft available and even pilots, she actually never operated her aircraft in combat. Following the disastrous battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy found itself in dire need of ships able to launch planes and so, Ise was rebuilt with a flight deck replacing her two rear turrets. When World War II started, the ship was already considered obsolete and she saw limited action during the first years of the war. Through the 1920s and 1930s, she underwent several refits and even a reconstruction to improve her armor and propulsion systems. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kanto earthquake. While the ship played no role in World War I, she provided fire support to the Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War. The ship was laid down in May 1915, launched in November 1916 and was completed in December 1917. Ise was the lead ship of a class of two dreadnaught battleships from the Imperial Japanese Navy. How the concept of a hybrid ship working for her? Is she able to compensate for the loss of firepower compared to Fuso, the closest competitor at tier VI? Here is my opinion on the subject. The Ise, as she appeared after her conversion to an aviation battleship is now available for 6 800 doubloons or in the Premium. ![]() Wargaming recently released in World of Warships the very first hybrid ship of the game. ![]()
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