Japanese battleship Yamato The legend battleship 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 in) Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship. Yamato undertaking sea trials in the Bungo Channel, 20 October 1941 History Empire of Japan Name Yamato Namesake Yamato Province, and an archaic name for Japan Ordered March 1937 Builder Kure Naval Arsenal Laid down 4 November 1937 Launched 8 August 1940 Commissioned 16 December 1941 Stricken 31 August 1945[1] Fate Sunk by American planes during Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945 General characteristics (as built) Class and type Yamato-class battleship Displacement 65,027 t (64,000 long tons) (normal) 71,659 t (70,527 long tons) (full load) Length 263 m (862 ft 10 in) (o/a) Beam 38.9 m (127 ft 7 in) Draft 11 m (36 ft 1 in) Installed power 12 Kampon boilers 150,000 shp (110,000 kW) Propulsion 4 shafts; 4 steam turbines Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) Range 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Complement 3,233 Armament (1941) 3 × triple 46 cm (18.1 in) guns 4 × triple 15.5 cm (6.1 in) guns 6 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns 8 × triple 2.5 cm (1 in) AA guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns (1945) 3 × triple 46 cm guns 2 × triple 15.5 cm guns 12 × twin 12.7 cm DP guns 162 × 2.5 cm AA guns 4 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns Armor Waterline belt: 410 mm (16.1 in) Deck: 200-226.5 mm (7.9-8.9 in) Gun turrets: 650 mm (25.6 in) (face) Aircraft carried 7 Nakajima E8N or Nakajima E4N Aviation facilities 2 catapults 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. Throughout 1942, she served as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and in June 1942 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto directed the fleet from her bridge during the Battle of Midway, a disastrous defeat for Japan. Musashi took over as the Combined Fleet flagship in early 1943, and Yamato spent the rest of the year moving between the major Japanese naval bases of Truk and Kure in response to American threats. In December 1943, Yamato was torpedoed by an American submarine which necessitated repairs at Kure, where she was refitted with additional anti-aircraft guns and radar in early 1944. Although present at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, she played no part in the battle. The only time Yamato fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in October 1944, when she was sent to engage American forces invading the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. While threatening to sink American troop transports, they encountered a light escort carrier group of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, "Taffy 3", in the Battle off Samar. The Japanese turned back after American air attacks convinced them they were engaging a powerful U.S. carrier fleet. During 1944, the balance of naval power in the Pacific decisively turned against Japan, and by early 1945 its fleet was much 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 by U.S. submarines and aircraft, and on 7 April 1945 she was sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers with the loss of most of her crew.
@@user-je1kz9xc8r yeah while Japan And Germany were making massive battleships the allies were making aircraft carriers and so the massive battleships became pretty impractical
@@iamcoachmark8327 do not laugh at any thing until you know about that a group of amarican submarines aircraft carriers and and ships attack this ship alone they were unable to sink until ship ammunition got ended up that ship stand alone in sea like monster and knocked too many aircrafts and ships and then sank in water
@@abdullahwarrich141 tell that to people who are ignorant to history, but not me i know what happened using an aircraft is easy against yamato cuz the anti aircraft gun of yamato is even below to useles. If the resources used in building yamato put in build more Aircraft-carrier and aircraft(fighter, dive bomber and torpedo bomber) and they may stood a chance against the american.
@@RepublicOfAnkonyaOfficial he had many serious injuries but recoved after many treatments he lost his all friends there ..he passed away when i was not even born
Has Mr. Ballard gone looking for the Yamato? If nothing else, for the historical value of this ship? I think, to recognize the honor of the ship and her crew.
yamato has already been found and is currently in 2 pieces, one upright, one completely turn turtle and is essentially only recognizable by the bow as almost the entirety of the superstructure is gone from the magazine detonation during the sinking
