So much has been written about the Yamato and her sister ship Musashi — which was sunk in October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf — that there’s nothing really original to add here. So I’ll just ...

Prior to the days of Tomahawk missiles and aircraft carriers, battleships were the way a nation would flex its muscles at sea. In 1941, as the Imperial Japanese Navy was in the midst of its dash ...

The legendary Yamato. The largest battleship in the world. She displaced 72,808 tons and was 263 meters or 863ft long. Her main guns could fire shells weighing 1.5 tons but despite her impressive size ...