The battleship Nagato was the first dreadnought equipped with a main artillery with a caliber exceeding 400 mm. It was armed with eight 406 mm (16 in) guns. The keel of Nagato was laid in 1917 in the naval shipyard in Kure. The ship was launched in 1919 and incorporated into service on November 15, 1920. The sister unit was Mutsu . Before the war, Nagato underwent many modifications and repairs increasing combat value of the ship. With the outbreak of World War II, Nagato became the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The attack on Pearl Harbor was ordered from battleship’s deck. drawing sheets, colour profiles