Fuso would give the Grand Fleet twelve additional 14-inch guns and a Japanese rear admiral's flagship. Its commissioning on 8 November 1915 also gives the proposed deployment a natural announcement date. Trials and preparation before commissioning support the assumption that it could join the expedition promptly. Sending the newest and most powerful Japanese battleship, together with four battlecruisers and two semi-dreadnoughts, would demonstrate the scale of the commitment. In this scenario, an offer on that scale would be difficult for Britain to reject.
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Sending the new Fuso would demonstrate Japan's commitment
Fuso's twelve 14-inch guns would add fighting power, while sending Japan's newest dreadnought would give the deployment greater diplomatic weight.