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It was destroyed during World War 2. Some people call that battle "Japan's Last Stand". 400 aircraft participated. an estimated 200- 300 warships also fought. The aircraft dropped the drop- bombers (soldiers who were holding a bomb and simultaneously skydiving). The drop- bombers dropped their bombs. The bombs destroyed the first deck. The Yamato was super- strong, but only against ships. It was useless against aircraft. So, after the first deck was destroyed, the Yamato targeted the closest warship, at 320 kilometers away. At that point, all the ships opened fire. They used torpedoes instead of actual guns. The torpedoes destroyed all the remaining decks. The Yamato split in two, much like the Titanic. Out of the 3,216 shipmates aboard the Titanic, only 216 shipmates (.67%) survived.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agothe Yamato was part of the Japanese navy, and one of the strongest superbattleships, along with its sister ship, Musashi. I think they both sank by US bombers
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∙ 13y agoThe Yamato was torpedoed and capsized. Before it was fully submerged, the powder went off causing it to explode.
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How do you be like Yamato?
Battleship Yamato, sister battleships: Shinano and Musashi. 1. Armed with nine 18 inch guns. 2. Displaced 70,000 tons. 3. Shinano CONVERTED to an aircraft carrier, sunk by a US submarine. 4. Musashi sunk by US airplanes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. 5. Yamato sunk by US airplanes at the Battle of Okinawa.
First and only Japanese dynasty?
the Yamato clan
How long did Jimmu of the Yamato clan rule Japan?
yamato from naruto
What did the Yamato do during the great change?
What did the Yamato do during the Great Change??????
What happened to the battleship yamato?
The battleship yamato was the best battleship ever built in ww2 by the Japanese imperial army.the yamato was set on a suidcide mission off the coast of okinawa when it was attacked by us fighter planes.the yamato was torpedoed 17 times and was bombed 71 times.the yamato sunked off the coast of okinawa.
What was the biggist ship that sunk?
Battleship Yamato.
How do you be like Yamato?
Battleship Yamato, sister battleships: Shinano and Musashi. 1. Armed with nine 18 inch guns. 2. Displaced 70,000 tons. 3. Shinano CONVERTED to an aircraft carrier, sunk by a US submarine. 4. Musashi sunk by US airplanes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. 5. Yamato sunk by US airplanes at the Battle of Okinawa.
What Japanese Carriers were sunk by submarines in World War 2?
There were to be 3 super battleships built in Japan during WW2; Yamato, Musashi, and the Shinino. After the Battle of Midway aircrew losses, the Imperial Navy decided they needed more carriers and NOT more battleships, consequently, they converted the last of the YAMATO class battleships into an aircraft carrier. The largest Aircraft Carrier of WW2, the IJN Shinino, which was built on a YAMATO battleship class hull, was sunk by a USN submarine.
What was the last Japanese ship sunk in World War 2?
The last big one was the Yamato during the Okinawa battle in April 1945.
What was the name of the suicide kamikaze battleship sent on the7th April 1945 to attack the American fleet?
The Japanese Navy figured it was better for the battleship Yamato to go down fighting; rather than being ingloriously sunk at her moorings.
How did the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano become famous?
Besides being the largest carrier sunk by a sub, she is mostly famous for being the 3rd sister of the battleship Yamato class. There were supposed to be three Yamato's: Musashi, Shinano, and the Yamato. The battleship Shinano was quickly converted to a carrier to replace the Midway losses. Prior to the conversion, even in Japan, the battleship was considered the primary warship.
Where is yamato?
Yamato is a small part of and island in Japan.
Ships that sunk in the ocean that were ajor ships?
War time or peace time? In peace time, the major warships sunk in the ocean have been: 1. Battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk while under tow to California after WWII. 2. Battleship USS Arkansas, sunk by an Atomic Bomb, during testing in the Pacific in 1946. 3. Battleship USS Nevada, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 4. Battleship USS Pennsylvania, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 5. Battleship USS New York, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. Wartime, in the ocean: British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese airplanes in the Pacific (South China Sea-part of the Pacific). Japanese Battleship IJN Yamato, sunk by US airplanes in the Pacific. German Battleship DKM Bismarck, sunk itself in the Atlantic.
When was Yamato Museum created?
Yamato Museum was created in 2005.
When was Yamato Inaba born?
Yamato Inaba was born in 1943.
What is the population of Yamato Transport?
The population of Yamato Transport is 169,836.
When was Kira Yamato created?
Kira Yamato was created in 2002.
