Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, designed by Imperial Japan before World War II to assert naval dominance.

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built ...

Yamato is an ancient word for Japan ... Only two bachelors and two families remained as World War II approached. George Morikami: The resident who stayed and got rich The colony began to disband ...

Another interesting fact about Space Battleship Yamato is that the titular battleship is the very same Imperial Japanese Navy mega-cruiser, that the U.S. Navy sank towards the end of WW2 on April ...

Old Modern Handicrafts has carefully recreated this historical icon to honor its legacy. Measuring 36 inches in length, the CM108 Japanese Battleship Yamato Large Model is a masterpiece of maritime ...

And let’s both pray for peace.” I am often asked whether this "Yamato boom" represents a return to the imperialistic philosophy of pre-World War II Japan. I don't think it does. The Japanese ...