Japanese battleship Yamato

Battleships and Cruisers
Pacific War

Yamato was the lead ship of a class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship Musashi were described as the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. Yamato served as flagship of the Combined Fleet in 1942, took part in operations including the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft on 7 April 1945 during a one-way mission to Okinawa.

Role: Lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships
Main armament: Nine 46 cm (18.1 in) Type 94 main guns
Fate: Sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers on 7 April 1945

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Article: Japanese battleship Yamato (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q215010
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Hasuya Hirohata. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Hasuya Hirohata, This photo is part of the records in the Yamato Museum (PG061427). Search with the kanji characters of Yamato (大和) for the name (second field), and 昭和 for the period (last field). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 73092, courtesy of Kazutoshi Hando.
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