Operation Ten Go, the final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to affect the outcome of the Pacific War, is well known for featuring the destruction of the battleship HIJMS Yamato by a swarm of U.S ...

Yamato met a similar fate in 1945 while on a mission to defend Okinawa, overwhelmed by U.S. carrier-based aircraft. -Shinano, converted into an aircraft carrier, was sunk by the USS Archerfish ...

Old Modern Handicrafts (OMH), the leading name in handcrafted ship models and nautical collectibles, proudly announces the availability of the Japanese Battleship ... art technology of her time ...

About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...

Even though Yamato sank the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Gambier Bay, the Yamato was overwhelmed by American air attacks, forcing the battleship’s captain to retreat to fight another day. The ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.

The greatest Japanese battleship of all time returns in Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection. The movie is based on the Space Battleship Yamato anime series and movies. The television series ...