Design A-117 was the faster version of the very first post Nagato battleship Design: A-115. While A-115 was designed for 30knots or 56km/h, A-117 destined for 32knots or 59km/h basically a faster Nagato a very true fast battleship combining fast battlecruiser type speed with good armour and excellent armament! The armour scheme copies that of A-115 together with the thin 1" funnel protection. But the extra two knots take at a cost: more then 13m more length, more then 30.000shp engine power and almost an extra 2.500tons of displacement.
The design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 237,74 (pp) x 253,9 (oa) x 29,57 x 8,76 meters
Displacement: 37.100tons (standard)
Armour: 229mm Belt inclined at 25 degrees, 76mm Deck, 51mm at Machinery 76mm at Magazine Slopes
Engines: 145.000shp Gihon Steam Turbines, 4 shafts
Range: 10.200km at 30km/h (5.500nm at 16knots)
Speed: 59km/h (32knots)
Armaments:
4x2 410mm/45 Type 3 / 3rd Year Type Cannons,
20x1 140mm/50 Type 3 / 3rd Year Type Guns,
4x1 76mm/40 Type 3 / 3rd Year Type AA Guns,
4x1 53cm Above Water Torpedo Tubes
Data tables:
https://iiif.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/repo/s/hiraga/document/d059f655-21b8-4530-8979-ce9ac0733c10#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=1&xywh=3593%2C85%2C2790%2C4678&r=270
https://iiif.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/repo/s/hiraga/document/92cdfb52-21f7-4942-98e3-643167773975#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&xywh=1150%2C722%2C2053%2C3442&r=90