All three ships were sunk by the U.S. Navy; "Musashi" while participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, as part of Admiral Takeo Kurita's Center Force, lost to U.S. carrier aircraft; the "Shinano" which was converted to the largest aircraft carrier till then, was torpedoed ten days after her commissioning in November 1944 by the submarine ; and "Yamato", also ravaged by carrier planes, in April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go.