Naval Legends: Yamato | World of Warships
Channel: Timothy Nguyen Pereira
Date: 16/04/2020

She was built in secret, and at great expense and she emerged as the largest battleship in history.
The Yamato battleship is the pinnacle of the battleship type. The biggest battleship in the world, and the best known Japanese Navy ship. 

"Yamato is the ancient name for Japan. It means 'Great Harmony'."
What a fitting name for a 263 meters long behemoth, that shoots 460mm shells with the weight of a small car.
Born to terrify her enemies, she would have cost eight billion USD to build, in today's dollars. 
She represents the pinnacle of battleship building but launched at a key turning point in naval warfare history. 

The rise of aircraft-based naval combat left her immensely powerful, but ill-equipped to fight sustained air attacks. Still, nothing captures the imagination of naval aficionados quite like Yamato. 

Sadly remembered for her defeat in her last battle against 227 American aircraft, which became a demonstrative execution and ended with the giant being defeated and the hopes of the Japanese command crashed. Some 3000 soldiers lost their lives with the sinking of the Yamato.

Japan believed in the Yamato as her final mission. She only had fuel for one way, no aircarft to protect her. It was a Kamikaze mission. It was the last cry of Imperial Japan, knowing she would be sunk. Unfortunately  

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