KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.
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Forget the Montana-Class or Yamato Battleships: Japan Wanted a 90,000 Ton Monster Warship
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 ...
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The Gigantic Battleship Gun So Powerful It Ripped Clothes Off The Crew
The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest ever built, carried the 18.1-inch Type 94 naval gun, the biggest gun in world ...
The first thing to note about “Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony” is what the book is not: It’s neither a historical account of the ill-fated Japanese warship Yamato nor a history of the ...
The story of the Yamato is a warning to all armed forces that the march of war technology is merciless and unsentimental. In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would ...
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