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The Yamato-class battleships had primary armaments consisting of three 3-gun turrets mounting 46 cm (18.1 in)/45 caliber Type 94 naval guns – the largest guns ever fitted to a warship, [6] although they were officially designated as the 40 cm/45 caliber (15.9 in) Type 94 [52] – each of which weighed 2,774 tonnes for the complete mount. [53]
The keel of Yamato, the lead ship of the class, [7] was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal, Hiroshima, on 4 November 1937 in a dockyard that had to be adapted to accommodate her enormous hull. [8] [9] The dock was deepened by one meter, and gantry cranes capable of lifting up to 350 tonnes were installed.
IJN rank insignia; History; Military History of Japan during World War II ... Red seal ships – Around 350 armed sailships, ... Yamato class: 64,170 tons 9 × 18-in ...
The 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type (60口径三年式15.5cm3連装砲, 60 kōkei sannenshiki 15.5 centi sanrensōhō) was a dual-purpose naval gun used by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the Yamato-class battleships as secondary armament in four triple turrets, the Mogami-class cruisers in five triple turrets (later converted to five twin 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun turrets) and on the light ...
Design A-150, [A] popularly known as the Super Yamato class, [B] was a planned class of battleships for the Imperial Japanese Navy.In keeping with longstanding Japanese naval strategy, the A-150s would have carried six 51-centimeter (20.1 in) guns to ensure their qualitative superiority over any other battleship they might face.
Super battleship Yamato fitting out several weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor Battleship Nagato Light carrier Hosho. Admiral Yamamoto in Yamato. 1st Battleship Division 1 Yamato-class battleship (9 × 18-in. main battery) Yamato (Rear Adm. Gihachi Takayanagi) 2 Nagato-class battleships (8 × 16-in. main battery) Mutsu (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure)
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Two ships in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy were named Yamato: Japanese battleship Yamato , was the lead ship of her class of battleships , launched in 1940 and sunk in 1945 Japanese corvette Yamato , was a Katsuragi -class corvette , launched in 1885, decommissioned in 1935 and sank in 1945.