THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
History The Yamato-class battleships were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) at full load, the vessels "were the largest and most powerful battleships ever built. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) naval guns, each capable of firing 2,998-pound (1,360 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 km). Two battleships of the class (Yamato and Musashi) were completed, while a third (Shinano) was converted to an aircraft carrier during construction. Due to the threat of American submarines and aircraft carriers, both Yamato and Musashi spent the majority of their careers in naval bases at Brunei, Truk, and Kure deploying on several occasions in response to American raids on Japanese bases—before participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, as part of Admiral Kurita's Centre Force. Musashi was sunk during the course of the battle by American carrier airplanes. Shinano was sunk ten days after her commissioning in November 1944 by the submarine USS Archer-Fish, while Yamato was sunk in April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go. On the eve of the Allied occupation of Japan, officials of the special service of the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed all reports, drawings, models and photographs of the Yamato Class Battleships and related, leaving only fragmentary records of the design features and other technical issues. The destruction of these documents was so efficient that by 1948 the only known images of Yamato and Musashi were those obtained by the aircraft that helped the U.S. Navy in attacks on both ships. Although some photographs and additional information documents that were not destroyed have come to light over the years, the loss of most of the written records hinders further research on the Yamato class. Because of the lack of written material, much of the information about the class came from interviews with Japanese officials after the surrender of Japan. Read more about the Yamato battleship at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Kit / Manufacturer: Tamiya Scale:1/350 By: Luiz Fernando Martini
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History The Yamato-class battleships were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) at full load, the vessels "were the largest and most powerful battleships ever built. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) naval guns, each capable of firing 2,998-pound (1,360 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 km). Two battleships of the class (Yamato and Musashi) were completed, while a third (Shinano) was converted to an aircraft carrier during construction. Due to the threat of American submarines and aircraft carriers, both Yamato and Musashi spent the majority of their careers in naval bases at Brunei, Truk, and Kure deploying on several occasions in response to American raids on Japanese bases—before participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, as part of Admiral Kurita's Centre Force. Musashi was sunk during the course of the battle by American carrier airplanes. Shinano was sunk ten days after her commissioning in November 1944 by the submarine USS Archer-Fish, while Yamato was sunk in April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go. On the eve of the Allied occupation of Japan, officials of the special service of the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed all reports, drawings, models and photographs of the Yamato Class Battleships and related, leaving only fragmentary records of the design features and other technical issues. The destruction of these documents was so efficient that by 1948 the only known images of Yamato and Musashi were those obtained by the aircraft that helped the U.S. Navy in attacks on both ships. Although some photographs and additional information documents that were not destroyed have come to light over the years, the loss of most of the written records hinders further research on the Yamato class. Because of the lack of written material, much of the information about the class came from interviews with Japanese officials after the surrender of Japan. Read more about the Yamato battleship at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Kit / Manufacturer: Tamiya Scale:1/350 By: Luiz Fernando Martini
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