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Yamato near the end of her fitting out, 20 September 1941 [14] Yamato ' s main battery consisted of nine 45-caliber 46-centimetre (18.1 in) Type 94 guns—the largest ever fitted to a warship, [15] although the shells were not as heavy as those fired by the British 18-inch naval guns of World War I.
Yamato as she appeared c. 1945 (specific configuration from 7 April 1945) In the original design, the Yamato class' secondary armament comprised twelve 15.5 cm/60 Type 3 guns mounted in four 3-gun turrets (one forward, two amidships, one aft), [53] and twelve 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 guns in six double turrets (three on each side amidships). [53]
This photo is part of the records in the Yamato Museum (PG061427). Search with the kanji characters of Yamato (大和) for the name (second field), and 昭和 for the period (last field). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 73092 , courtesy of Kazutoshi Hando.
Behind the museum there is a brick park, a lawn plaza, and the "Yamato Wharf", a 1:1 scale silhouette of Yamato's bridge. West of the museum are located the submersible research ship Shinkai, as well as the original Kure naval arsenal' big lathe (N° 15299) which was used to craft the Yamato's 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun.
Yamato communicated this message to the other surviving ships by signal flag because her radios had been destroyed. [46] Only known photo of Yamato exploding [33] Itō, along with Captain Kōsaku Aruga, who commanded Yamato for the battle, refused to abandon ship, with Itō retiring to the flag cabin while Aruga tied himself to the binnacle. [47]
"Ten-Go" Operation, April 1945 Smoke rises to the clouds shortly after the Japanese battleship Yamato capsized, exploded and sank after receiving many bomb and torpedo hits from U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945.
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The 46 cm (18.1 in) 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval rifle was a wire-wound gun.Mounted in three 3-gun turrets (nine per ship), they served as the main armament of the two Yamato-class battleships that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.