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Mutsu (陸奥) named after Mutsu Province, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Nagato class battleship, laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on June 1 1918, launched on May 31 1920, and completed on October 24 1921.
Mutsu exploded in Hiroshima harbor on June 8th, 1943, probably due to faulty handling of ammunition. This resulted in the loss of over 1100 officers and men, including 140 instructors and cadets from an aviation training group on a familiarization tour.
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