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What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships ... were first laid down prior to World War II, they were the heaviest of their kind ever built. These great warships were expected to lead ...

The Yamato, sent on a “naval suicide mission” in the final stages of World War II, was attacked and sunk on its way to Okinawa Prefecture. More than 3,000 lives were lost, including Aruga’s.