Japanese battleship Yamato

Yamato was a Yamato-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for Yamato Province. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal on 4 November 1937. She entered service on 16 December 1941, having been launched on 8 August 1940.

Three ships of the class were built. The class followed the Nagato-class battleship and was succeeded by the A-150 class.

She displaced 64,000 long tons standard and 70,527 long tons at full load. She measured 263 m (863 ft) long with a beam of 38.9 m (128 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 3,233.

Her main battery was nine 460 mm (18.1 in) guns in three triple mountings. Her belt armour was 410 mm (16.1 in). She carried seven aircraft. Her machinery developed 150,000 shp through four shafts.

She was in commission for 1,351 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 August 1945.

She was sunk on 7 April 1945 by aircraft, at 30°22′N 128°04′E. The wreck survives.

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