Launched in 1940 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), the ... apart the ship, sinking it with a loss of 2,498 crewmembers—leaving a paltry 269 survivors. Yamato was both ...

Despite its impressive size and firepower, the Yamato proved to be a massive failure in combat, engaging enemy warships only once and sinking just ... t employed by the IJN’s other warships.

The efforts to find the wreck site had begun 11 years earlier and were based on four different sinking positions ... but the IJN never fully utilized her or Yamato. The tide was turning for ...

Mr. Ishida passed away in July 2005, but the day before ... story of the Yamato was a private catharsis of sorts. As we made our way through production, I felt like I, too, was sinking into ...