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At 10:00, the force turned west to make it look like they were withdrawing, but at 11:30, after being detected by two American PBM Mariner flying boats, the Yamato fired a salvo with her 460 mm (18.1 in) bow guns using special "beehive shells" (三式焼霰弾, san-shiki shōsan dan) but could not prevent the two planes from shadowing. The ...
This attack left Yamato in a perilous position, listing 15–18° to port. Counterflooding of all remaining starboard void spaces lessened this to 10°, but further correction would have required repairs or flooding the starboard engine and fire rooms.
However, US reports that Yamato closed to within 2,400 yd (2.2 km) of the American ships before she was attacked by American aircraft are not supported by Yamato ' s own action report. [67] At 09:11, Kurita ordered his ships to regroup to the north and at 09:22 Yamato slowed to 20 knots and came round to course 040, finally setting course 000 ...
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]
4 attack transports: Mendocino, Sarasota, Haskell, Oconto 2 attack cargos: Capricornus, Chara 1 landing ship dock: Lindenwald Transport Division 41 4 attack transports: Olmstead, La Porte, Fond du Lac, Banner 2 attack cargos: Diphda, Uvalde Transport Division 42 4 attack transports: Neshoba, Oxford, Latimer, Edgecombe 1 attack cargo: Virgo
At 1220 on 7 April 1945 the Yamato force was attacked by waves of 386 aircraft (180 fighters, 75 bombers, 131 torpedo planes) from Task Force 58. Japanese light cruiser Yahagi lies motionless after a torpedo hit. Light cruiser Yahagi under intense bomb and torpedo attack [6]
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A force of 409 B-29s attacked Osaka again on 7 June; during this attack 2.21 square miles (5.7 km 2) of buildings were burnt out and the Americans did not suffer any losses. Osaka was bombed for the fourth time in the month on 15 June when 444 B-29s destroyed 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2 ) of the city and another 0.59 square miles (1.5 km 2 ) of ...