Yamato-class battleship
Ships
Although five Yamato-class vessels had been planned in 1937, only three—two battleships and a converted aircraft carrier—were completed. All three vessels were built in extreme secrecy, to prevent American intelligence officials from learning of their existence and specifications; indeed, the United States' Office of Naval Intelligence only became aware of Yamato and Musashi by name in late 1942.

Yamato-class battleship

Section Title: Ships
Table Section Text: Although five Yamato-class vessels had been planned in 1937, only three—two battleships and a converted aircraft carrier—were completed. All three vessels were built in extreme secrecy, to prevent American intelligence officials from learning of their existence and specifications; indeed, the United States' Office of Naval Intelligence only became aware of Yamato and Musashi by name in late 1942.

Name	Namesake	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate

Yamato	Yamato Province	Kure Naval Arsenal	4 November 1937	8 August 1940	16 December 1941	Sunk in air attack during Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945

Musashi	Musashi Province	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki	29 March 1938	1 November 1940	5 August 1942	Sunk in air attack during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944

Shinano	Shinano Province	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	4 May 1940	8 October 1944	19 November 1944	Converted into aircraft carrier, July 1942 Torpedoed and sunk by USS Archerfish, 28 November 1944

Warship Number 111	Kure Naval Arsenal	7 November 1940	N/A	Cancelled March 1942 when 30% complete Broken up in place

Warship Number 797	N/A	Cancelled during planning

Sentence(s)

Yamato was laid down November 4, 1937, launched August 8, 1940, and commissioned December 16, 1941.

final_sentence: Yamato was laid down November 4, 1937, launched August 8, 1940, and commissioned December 16, 1941.