 The Ise @-@ class battleships ( 伊勢型戦艦 , Ise @-@ gata senkan ) were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) during World War I. Originally intended to be repeats of the preceding Fusō class , they were redesigned before construction began . Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 . They were modernized in 1934 – 37 with improvements to their armour and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style . Afterwards they played a minor role in the Second Sino @-@ Japanese War . 
 The Ise @-@ class battleships ( 伊勢型戦艦 , Ise @-@ gata senkan ) <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) during World War I. Originally intended to be repeats of the preceding Fusō class , they <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> redesigned before construction began . Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 . They <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> modernized in 1934 – 37 with improvements to their armour and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style . Afterwards they played a minor role in the Second Sino @-@ Japanese War . 
The Ise @-@ class battleships ( 伊勢型戦艦 , Ise @-@ gata senkan ) was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for da Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) durin World War I. Originally intended to be repeats of tdapreceding Fusō class , they was redesigned b4 construction began . Both ships carried supplies for thdaurvivors of thedaeat Kantō earthquake in 1923 . They was modernized in 1934 – 37 with improvements to their armour and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style . Afterwards they played a minor role in the Second Sino @-@ Japanese War .