On April 6, 1945, the massive Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest and most heavily armed warship ever built, departed ...

At almost 72,000 tons, the Japanese Yamato was the largest battleship in history. Commissioned in 1941, a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Yamato was an impressive feat of human ...

In the lead-up to World War II, Japan sought dominance in the Pacific and secretly constructed the Yamato-class battleship ...

and involved the largest battleship in the world, the mighty Yamato. The ship’s keel was laid down on Nov. 4, 1937. The Yamato launched on Aug. 8, 1940, and was commissioned on Dec. 16 ...

In 1941, as the Imperial Japanese Navy was in the midst of its dash across the Pacific islands, it commissioned the battleship Yamato as its flagship. Over 80 years later, the Yamato remains the ...

With its 65,027 tons displacement, 263 meters length, and nine absolutely massive 46 cm Type 94 guns, it shouldn't surprise that the mighty battleship Yamato still easily sparks the imagination ...

About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...