Battleship Yamato


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On April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, one of the greatest battleships of its time, is sunk in Japan's first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. Weighing 72,800 tons.


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The Yamato was the largest battleship ever built at the time, and it remains one of the most massive battleships ever constructed. The ship was an awe-inspiring feat of engineering and design, measuring 263 meters (862 feet) long, 38 meters (125 feet) wide, and had a displacement of 71,659 tonnes (79,000 tons).


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Design . Naval architects in Japan began work on the Yamato-class of battleships in 1934, with Keiji Fukuda serving as the chief designer.Following Japan's 1936 withdrawal from the Washington Naval Treaty, which forbade new battleship construction before 1937, Fukuda's plans were submitted for approval.Initially meant to be 68,000-ton behemoths, the design of the Yamato-class followed the.


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Yamato settled on the seafloor 1,200 feet down and about 50 miles southwest of Kyushu, Japan. Experts believe that a fire raging in the battleship's aft secondary magazine caused tons of.


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The Birth of Yamato Battleship. Commissioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Yamato battleship was a part of the Yamato-class, a pair of battleships that included its sister ship, the Musashi. These battleships were unrivaled in size and firepower during their time. The very name "Yamato" symbolized Japan's proud naval heritage.


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Yamato was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy shortly before World War II.. BATTLESHIP YAMATO - In 1934 the Japanese begin designing The Yamato, the.


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The three completed Yamato-class ships (the Yamato, the Musashi, and the Shinano) were all sunk. This was the largest class of battleships ever built. by Harrison Kass L. Imperial Japan's.


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The Yamato-class battleships were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy , Yamato and Musashi, laid down leading up to World War II and completed as designed. A third hull laid down in 1940 was converted to an aircraft carrier, Shinano, during construction.


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Gigantic Hull. If greatness can be measured by size, Yamato was indeed the greatest battleship ever built. Her hull was 863 feet long—longer than all but America's Iowa -class ships. Fully.


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The Yamato in Truk (August 1942-December 1943) Yamato left Kure for Truk on 17 August 1942 and underway after 11 days, the battleship was sighted by USS Flying Fish, which fired four torpedoes but missed. IJN Yamato arrived in Truk the same day and remained there during Guadalcanal Campaign.


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In 1939, even as the Yamato and Musashi took shape, the third ship of the class, tentatively named the Shinano, was begun. But the Pacific war had already pointed out that the primary naval weapon of that war was no longer the battleship, but the aircraft carrier. Accordingly, the Shinano was converted mid-construction to an aircraft carrier.


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Yamato-Class Battleship. What We Learned From…. Yamato-Class Battleship. Heavily armored and bearing nine 18.1-inch guns, Yamato was the ultimate battleship (U.S. Navy/National Archives) The crushing victory by Japan's battleships over their Russian adversaries at the May 27-28, 1905, Battle of Tsushima had a profound effect on Japanese.


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The Yamato-class battleships (大和型戦艦, Yamato-gata senkan?) were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) at full load, the vessels were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460.


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Yamato. Yamato (大和) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes (71,000 long tons) at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1.


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Design A-150, [A] popularly known as the Super Yamato class, [B] was a planned class of battleships for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In keeping with longstanding Japanese naval strategy, the A-150s would have carried six 51-centimeter (20.1 in) guns to ensure their qualitative superiority over any other battleship they might face.


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The Yamato Class Battleship was the most destructive ship ever constructed in history. The Yamato Class was created to fulfill a specific technological, strategic, and tactical goal. The technical information alone about the Yamato Class leads to the conclusion it could defeat any ship on the seas, and had events gone differently for the.