Join us as we delve into the epic story of the Yamato and Musashi at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval ...

The IJN ordered five ships of the Yamato class, but only Musashi and its elder sister were completed as intended. Shinano, the third sister, was completed as an aircraft carrier support vessel. Japan ...

The Yamatos were the zenith of the Japanese battleship aesthetic, with a beautiful swept-back pagoda mast that managed to convey speed, grace and power. Japan withdrew from the London Naval Treaty in ...

TOKYO-- Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

TOKYO (AP) — Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more ...

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about the discovery of the wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Musashi. That vessel, together with its sister ship, the Yamato, were the largest and most ...

Key Points and Summary on Yamat0-Class Battleships - The Imperial Japanese Navy's WWII-era Yamato-class warships were the largest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, boasting ...

There’s a melancholy quality to ships whose passing signals the end of an age. Think about J. M. W. Turner’s painting of The Fighting Temeraire—the pride of the Royal Navy during the French ...