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Ships · Japan · 1941-1945

Yamato-class battleship

battleship

Yamato and her sister Musashi were the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever built, carrying 18.1-inch guns no other navy matched, but they were designed for a decisive gunnery battle that carrier aviation had already made obsolete. Musashi was sunk by air attack in the Sibuyan Sea during Leyte Gulf, and Yamato was sent on a deliberate one-way sortie to Okinawa in April 1945 and sunk by carrier aircraft before reaching the beach. Only two of the planned class were completed.

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crew~2,750
displacement63,200 tons (standard), 72,800 full load
armament9x 460mm guns
produced2

Pacific

Battleship Yamato during sea trials October 30, 1941
Battleship Yamato during sea trials October 30, 1941Imperial Japanese Navy · Public domain · source
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano underway during her sea trials.
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano underway during her sea trials.Marine engineer Hiroshi Arakawa, Ishikawajima Shipyard. · Public domain · source
The Japanese battleship Musashi leaving Brunei, Borneo, in 1944, possibly on 22 October, when she departed to take part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Photographed by Japanese sailor Tobei Shiraishi from the destroyer Isok
The Japanese battleship Musashi leaving Brunei, Borneo, in 1944, possibly on 22 October, when she departed to take part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Photographed by Japanese sailor Tobei Shiraishi from the destroyer IsokLieutenant Tobei Shiraishi · Public domain · source

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