The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato-class warships were the largest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, ...

The Yamato, a symbol of Imperial might seemed like the perfect option to defend its home turf. The Yamato's final mission, "Operation Heaven Number One" ("Ten-ichi-go" in Japanese) was relatively ...

The battleship Yamato was among the largest and most powerful battleships of all time.Yamato has reached nearly mythical status, a perfect example of Japan’s fascination with doomed, futile heroics.

On April 6, 1945, the massive Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest and most heavily armed warship ever built, departed from Yamaguchi Prefecture on a desperate, one-way mission to Okinawa. As ...

The Yamato launched on Aug. 8, 1940, and was commissioned on Dec. 16, 1941. Fully-laden displacement was a massive 72,000 tons, hull length was 862 feet 10 inches, ...

In Space Battleship Yamato, visual-effects expert Takashi Yamazaki ("Always – Sunset on Third Street" and its sequel) harnesses a reported $23.