Launched in 1940 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), the battleship ... Built during the twilight of the battleship era, the Yamato embodied the IJN’s ambition to dominate ...

What You Need to Know: Japan's Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War II. In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The names of Japanese ... battleship era of naval warfare,” according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. A search team conclusively identified the Yamato wreckage in ...

Using their traditional taiko drums to conjure the gentle patter of a spring rain one moment and a thunderous tornado the next, Yamato - the Drummers of Japan will perform "Shin-On - Heartbeat" at ...

The forward auxiliary battery on the sunken Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato is seen in this photo provided by the Yamato Museum. TOKYO -- When the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato ...

A-150 was the super battleship Japan dreamed of ... already developing what would be the largest warships of the era with the Yamato-class, but some wanted to go even larger.

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War II.In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a ...