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Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Japan's main rival in the Pacific. She was laid down in 1937 and formally commissioned a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato, concentrating on the ship's demise during Operation Ten-Go.
Mar 3, 2024 · The tragic fate of the battleship Yamato in 1945 embodies Japan's ultimate sacrifice during World War II, aiming to defend Okinawa but ultimately failing to impact the Allied invasion.
In Pacific War: Okinawa …and also by the battleship Yamato. At 72,000 tons fully loaded, Yamato was one of the two biggest battleships in the world (the Yamato’s sister ship Musashi had been sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf). It was armed with nine massive 18.1-inch (46-cm) guns, the most powerful naval guns…
The Yamato-class battleships (大和型戦艦, Yamato-gata senkan) 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.
Jul 3, 2019 · Launched with no fanfare on August 8, 1940, Yamato was completed and commissioned on December 16, 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the beginning of World War II in the Pacific. Entering service, Yamato and its sister Musashi became the largest and most powerful battleships ever built.
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Aug 4, 2011 · Japanese battleship Yamato moments after exploding, after receiving massive bomb and torpedo damage from U.S. Navy carrier planes, north of Okinawa on April 7, 1945. Three Japanese destroyers are nearby.
