The Yamato-class battleships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, designed by Imperial ...
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KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.
About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...
Comprising three ships—Yamato, Musashi, and Shinano—they featured unprecedented 18-inch guns capable of firing 3,200-pound shells over 25 miles. -Despite their formidable design, all three ...