Japanese battleship Yamato
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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. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed bat
Yamato undertaking sea trials in the Bungo Channel, 20 October 1941
Yamato near the end of her fitting out, 20 September 1941
Yamato during sea trials, October 1941
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (fourth from left) and his staff posing with the Yamato's 46 cm (18.1 in) gun turret 3 on 20 December 1941
Operation Kikusui I
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Operation Kikusui I, best known as Operation Ten-Go, literally Operation Heaven and in Japanese sources as the Battle off Cape Bono was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater o
Japanese battleship Yamato
…depleted and badly hobbled by critical fuel shortages in the home islands. In a desperate attempt to slow the Allied advance, Yamato was dispatched on a one-way mission to Okinawa in April 1945, with orders to beach herself and fight until destroyed, thus protecting the island. The task force was spotted south of Kyushu…
Yamato under attack
Aircraft such as this SB2C Helldiver begin their attacks on Yamato
Yahagi under intense bomb and torpedo attacks
Yamato listing to port and on fire