USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

Comprising three ships—Yamato, Musashi, and Shinano—they featured unprecedented 18-inch guns capable of firing 3,200-pound shells over 25 miles. -Despite their formidable design, all three ...

The wife asks with amazement, “Does it prepare meals for so many people?” The battleship Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commissioned in December 1941, was outfitted with a state-of-the- ...