Five vessels were initially planned to make up the Yamato class, but only three were completed. The lead ship of the class, the Yamato, was commissioned in 1941, just days after Japan’s deadly ...

Yamato was the lead ship of her class, constructed under extreme secrecy at the Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ordered in 1937 as part of Japan’s rapid naval rearmament following ...

As the lead ship of the Yamato-class battleships, she boasted unparalleled size and firepower, equipped with 18-inch guns and state-of-the-art technology of her time. Yamato represented Japan’s ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built ...

“From the weather conditions on record--with thick clouds hanging low--and the wide wake behind the ship, it is almost certain that it is the Yamato,” said Yusuke Orita from the grou ...