Yamato

Yamato 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 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.

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IJN Yamato
speed 27 knot, mass 69100 tonne, beam 38.9 metre, mass 72000 long ton, draft 10.4 metre, length 263 metre, draft 10.86 metre, length 256 metre, 9 cannon,
super battleship, shipwreck, battleship, Yamato-class battleship, Imperial Japanese Navy, Kure Naval Arsenal,

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Drachinifel page^@ Designing the Yamato - What do you mean almost yet another Nelson type?

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Nagato ⓘ
1919 Nagato-class battleship

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1941-12-16T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1937-11-04T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1940-08-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1945-04-07T00:00:00Z

1945 Operation Ten-Go

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Battleship Yamato and destroyers evading air attacks

Japanese battleship Yamato firing her main guns at the battle off Samar

Japanese battleship Yamato running trials off Bungo Strait, 20 October 1941

The Japanese battleship Yamato on sea trials off Sukumo Bay, colorized

The Japanese battleship Yamato on sea trials off the Bungo Strait, colorized

Admiral Yamamoto and his staff posing with the battleship Yamato's 18.1-inch (46 cm) gun turret 3 shortly after commisioning

A view of the Japanese battleships Yamato, Fuso, and Yamashiro, taken from the battleship Musashi

Mitsubishi B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers from the light carrier Zuihō in Truk anchorage, colorized

Japanese battleship Yamato taking a bomb hit to her bow at the battle of Leyte Gulf

A view of the Japanese battleship Yamato's freshly installed anti aircraft guns

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1945	Operation Ten-Go	United States, military operation, Empire of Japan, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Combined Fleet page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page^@	Designing the Yamato - What do you mean almost yet another Nelson type?	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Nagato	Nagato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Yamato	super battleship, shipwreck, Yamato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		Battleship Yamato and destroyers evading air attacks		Commons
commons	image		Japanese battleship Yamato firing her main guns at the battle off Samar		Commons
commons	image		Japanese battleship Yamato running trials off Bungo Strait, 20 October 1941		Commons
commons	image		The Japanese battleship Yamato on sea trials off Sukumo Bay, colorized		Commons
commons	image		The Japanese battleship Yamato on sea trials off the Bungo Strait, colorized		Commons
commons	image		Admiral Yamamoto and his staff posing with the battleship Yamato's 18.1-inch (46 cm) gun turret 3 shortly after commisioning		Commons
commons	image		A view of the Japanese battleships Yamato, Fuso, and Yamashiro, taken from the battleship Musashi		Commons
commons	image		Mitsubishi B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers from the light carrier Zuihō in Truk anchorage, colorized		Commons
commons	image		Japanese battleship Yamato taking a bomb hit to her bow at the battle of Leyte Gulf		Commons
commons	image		A view of the Japanese battleship Yamato's freshly installed anti aircraft guns		Commons

Yamato

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