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Yamato class Post WW2 Refit

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Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me...

Based on the idea presented by Man in the High Castle IJN Musashi scene in Season 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdQtwZDkGs
And the actual Iowa and proposed Iowa refits and modernizations, here is the Yamato class as would had looked like in post WW2 world.
This is more of an austere refit for the class:
Removed 25mm AA guns
All 12,7cm Gun s are fully enclosed
Mostly modern Radars
Extra communication antennas
Reworked aft catapult space for Helicopter landing space, with the Hanger could accept 6-8 Kamov Ka-25 sized helicopters.

I've fixed the issues with those scene in the series as in 1962 (even by 1942) the 25mm AA guns were absolutely useless against modern aircraft, the Mast was put too close to the superstructure hindering the main rangefinder's rotation, making it basically useless for a broadside. Most old radar suite got removed, replaced or repositioned.

I suspect like for the Iowas there would be more extensive modernization proposals for the class
- Adding a number of modern 3" single AA guns in place of the 25mm triple mounts and replacing the old 12,7cm guns with better Type 5 ones. Associated update in directors and radars.
- Replacing all 12,7cm guns with single modern guns, as many as possible 3" single AA guns in palce of the 25mm ones. Associated directors and radars

This design had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 244 (pp) 256 (wl) 263 (oa) x 38,9 x 10,4m
Displacement: 65.000tons (standard), 72.800tons (full load)
Armour: 200mm Deck, 410mm Belt (Immunity against own 46cm shells between 20.0000 and 30.000m) inclined at 20 degrees
Engines: 150.000shp, 4 shafts, Steam Turbines
Speed: 50km/h (27knots)
Range: 13.300km at 30km/h (7.200nm at 16knots)
Armaments:
3x2 51cm/45 Type 98 Cannons,
2x3 15,5cm/60 Type 90 Guns
12x2 127mm/40 Type 89 DP-AA guns
6-8x Helicopters (Kamov Ka-25 Hormone size)
Sensors:
SPS-10 type Surface search radar (one set on top of the aft rangefinder)
SPS-12 type Surface search radar (two sets, on each arms of the main range finder, rotating)
SPS-43 type Air search radar (one set on top of the mainmast)
SPG-25 type Gunnery control radar (four sets, one on each DP-AA rangefinder)
Type 42 Searchlight control / gun laying radars (two sets, one on each side of the funnel between the Searchlight platforms)