Naval/Maritime History
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7 April 1945: Task Force 58 aircraft sink the IJNS Yamato--Japan's largest battleship--off Okinawa.
Yamato was headed there on a kamikaze mission against the U.S. fleet supporting the invasion.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) The Yamato and escort vessels head for Okinawa on the giant battleship's final mission. (2) A bow-on view of the IJNS Yamato. (3) A pair of SB2C Helldivers score the first hits on the Yamato. (4-8) TF 58 F4U Corsairs, SB2C and SBD dive bombers, and TBF/TBM Avengers wreak havoc on the Yamato and its escorts. (9) A 25mm antiaircraft gunner fires on TBF Avengers attacking the battleship Yamato.
Yamato was headed there on a kamikaze mission against the U.S. fleet supporting the invasion.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) The Yamato and escort vessels head for Okinawa on the giant battleship's final mission. (2) A bow-on view of the IJNS Yamato. (3) A pair of SB2C Helldivers score the first hits on the Yamato. (4-8) TF 58 F4U Corsairs, SB2C and SBD dive bombers, and TBF/TBM Avengers wreak havoc on the Yamato and its escorts. (9) A 25mm antiaircraft gunner fires on TBF Avengers attacking the battleship Yamato.
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The Yamato explosion was enormous. I seem to remember it could be heard almost 100 miles away. Had the largest naval rifles then in existence. Served as a very effective demo of the power of naval aviation, since it never got in range for those enormous guns to hit any target before the U.S. Navy's aircraft blew it to shreds.
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Thanks for the history of this battle. I always thought the Bismarck was the biggest battleship.
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