1st Yamato-class battleship (Total 2, sister ship Musashi), named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province.
full load displacement 72,800 tonnes & armed with nine 46 cm Type 94 main guns.
Battle of the Philippine Sea - Battle of Leyte Gulf (22 ~ 25 October 1944)
Operation Ten-Go(天号作戦) - Yamato, cruiser Yahagi and eight destroyers embarked from Japan on a deliberate suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa
on 7 April 1945, Yamato was sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers.
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