Also known as the Super Yamato-class, the Design A-150 battleship program began in late 1938.As conceived by its designers, the warship was to be armed with at least six 510mm (20-inch) guns as ...

On April 6, 1945, the battleship Yamato, the heaviest and most powerful ever built, set sail from Japan on a one-way mission to Okinawa. With the U.S. forces landing on the island and Japan's ...

The battleship Yamato was among the largest and most powerful battleships of all time.Yamato has reached nearly mythical status, a perfect example of Japan’s fascination with doomed, futile heroics.

The super-battleship Yamato, the mightiest ever built, with 18.1-inch guns and nine escorts -- the cruiser Yahagi and eight destroyers -- had been spotted by the submarines Threadfin and ...

Japan's super-battleship Yamato, the largest, most powerful warship ever built. Alongside Sieber's aircraft April 7, 1945, ... Yamato carried only enough fuel for a one-way trip.

Battleship Yamato. The Yamato was the largest battleship ever built. Its sinking marked the end of gunboat diplomacy and the emergence of the aircraft carrier as the primary weapon at sea.