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	NOVA \| Sinking the Supership \| Anatomy of Yamato \| PBS
		Yamato's nine main guns, mounted in three turrets, were the largest to ever crown a warship.
		Yamato's vast width posed a challenge: her designers had to come up with a hydrodynamic bow to help the ship cut through the water.
		Yamato's 1,150 watertight compartments were meant not just to prevent unwanted flooding but, in some cases, to purposely be flooded.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/supership/expl-nf.html (1102 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Yamato (Battleship, 1941-1945)
		She and her sister, Musashi were by far the largest battleships ever built, even exceeding in size and gun caliber (though not in weight of broadside) the U.S. Navy's abortive Montana class.
		Yamato in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 22-26 October 1944; and
		Yamato in the "Ten-Go" Operation, 6-7 April 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato.htm (709 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Battleships were the most heavily armed and armored gunships afloat, although they were made obsolete by the aircraft carrier.
		Battleships built in the late 19th century usually had four or so big guns (around 12 inches in diameter), and an assortment of smaller guns.
		A battleship's big guns might have a range of 20 miles, but the aircraft carrier had aircraft with ranges of hundreds of miles, and radar was making those attacks ever more effective.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battleship (916 words)

	Japanese Battleships
		The Fuso class battleships were characterized by their tall superstructures. Although they were more heavily armed and faster than most foreign battleships of the time, they lacked much in armor. These ships were already out dated by World War II and were easily sunk by US naval Forces.
		The Nagato class of battleships not only was the first Japanese battleships to sport the 16” guns, but also the first in the world to have them. She was also faster and bettered armored than most her counterparts of the day.
		The fourth Yamato class of battleship was laid 7 November 1940. However, it was cancelled in 1942 and scrapped in 1943.
	www.ussmissouri.com /Battleship-Japanese.htm (974 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The first warships resembling modern battleships were built in Britain around 1870 with the Devastation class of low-freeboard turret ships, a few years after the first battle between ironclad warships (the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia).
		The 12" mains and 8" intermediates were generally used for battleship to battleship combat, while the secondaries (typically 7" to 5") were reserved for smaller threats, cruisers and the new destroyers.
		The word "battleship" originated with the development of the line-of-battle tactic, in which ships usually followed each other single-file and engaged the enemy ships to one side, in the mid 17th century.
	www.lycoszone.com /info/battleship.html (725 words)

	History
		Design work on the class began in 1934 and after modifications the design for a 68,000 ton vessel was accepted in March 1937.
		Plans for a Super Yamato class, with 50.8 cm (20 inch) guns, provisionally designated as "Hull Number 798" and "Hull Number 799", were abandoned in 1942.
		The A-150 Super Yamatos were planned with 20 inch main guns, have a maximum speed of 30 knots and maximum displacement of 82.000 tons.
	www.battleshipyamato.info /history.html (765 words)

	Japanese battleship Yamato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Larger versionYamato (大和) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Yamato (大和) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		She and her escorts were sent to attack the US troops on the west of the island, the Yamato was to beach herself between Hagushi and Yontan and fight until she was destroyed.
	www.explainthat.info /ja/japanese-battleship-yamato.html (903 words)

	Yamato class battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yamato class battleships (大和型) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) were the largest naval vessels of World War II and were the largest, heaviest battleships ever constructed, displacing 65,027 metric tons and armed with nine, 46-cm main guns.
		The earliest version of Plan No. A-140 ("A" indicating "battleship" and "140" indicating that this was the 140th warship designed by the IJN) was completed in March 1935, showing a ship 294 m long at the waterline with a 41.2 m beam, a 10.4 m draught, and a trial displacement of 69,500 British tons.
		Yamato was launched on 8 August 1940 and commissioned on 16 December 1941.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamato_class_battleship (717 words)

	IR/CWCC Rules Package (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Class 2 and lower ships using CO2 may add 25% or one (1) pound (whichever is greater) to their full load displacement, and must have a minimum of 1/2" of freeboard at their lowest point.
		On ship Classes 7 through 2 a ship model may have 1/4" wide tape or equivalent painted waterline and ships Classes 1 and 1/2 may have a 1/8" wide tape or equivalent painted waterline or a scale width waterline may be used on any class ship.
		Classes 7, 6, 5 and 4 may have side-shooting cannons (any cannon which is angled more than 15 degrees from the longitudinal centerline of the model).
	www.ircwcc.com /rules_03.htm (5820 words)

	Oriental Planet - yamato class
		Built as cost-no-object gunships, the Iowas are arguably the finest battleships ever built (their only serious competition were the British Vanguard and the Japanese Yamato class).
		Only one battleship class was ever made with 18 inch guns and that was the Japanese Yamato class in WWII (actually 46 cm guns or 18.1 inches).
		Review Date: 1998-10-26 The Yamato class battleships of the IJN were the largest battleships ever built, and this book examines the Yamato piece by piece.
	www.bigorientalplanet.com /yamato/yamatoclass (935 words)

	Yamato Battleship WW2
		Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships in the world, with 65,000 tons and armed with 460 mm main guns.
		Battleship Yamato was the flagship of Isoroku Yamamoto from February 1942.
		The Yamato was to beach herself between Hagushi and Yontan and fight as a shore battery until she was destroyed.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/Yamato_battleship_WW2.htm (869 words)

	Post-Treaty Battleships (Part 2)
		It is the kind of thing easily overlooked when comparing battleship guns and armor and so forth, but in the real world it may mean that battleship "A" is on station performing her mission, while the more impressive (on paper) battleship "B" is in port refueling.
		We have examined four great battleships, including one that I have gone out on a limb for and suggested might be the best all around, and another that I rated the final, undisputed, battleship heavyweight champion of the world.
		She was the second, and last, of the Yamato class super battleships (the third hull, Shinano, was completed as the worlds largest aircraft carrier).
	www.chuckhawks.com /post_treaty_battleships2.htm (2490 words)

	WWII battleship vs rebel speeders [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		6 Yamato Class Japanese Battleships are in the middle of the Pacific.
		And the Yamato class had BIG guns and heavy armor, but the Iowa class were faster, and had far superior fire control.
		Yamato was actually forced out of the battle by one of the destroyer escorts charging her down with torpedoes and after evading she was out of range.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-17368 (2803 words)

	WW2DB: Yamato
		Yamato, along with her sister ship Musashi, were the largest battleships ever built in history.
		Unlike the American battleships whose width were limited due to the Panama Canal restriction, the Yamato had the freedom to be equipped with some of the thickest armor on her two sides for unsurpassed protection.
		Besides the usual explosive and armor-piercing shells, Yamato was equipped with a unique anti-aircraft shell for use with the 18.1 inch main guns.
	ww2db.com /ship_spec.php?ship_id=1 (1168 words)

	Yamato class Battleship
		Most of the battleships that are in the hand of mercenary companies are of this ships class.
		Several of this class are even still commissioned in the remains of the Human Alliance Forces Navy and some are serving in some of the Independent Defense Forces.
		Yamato class battleships in the service of the Consortium Armed Forces or in mothballs and in service in the Human Alliance Forces Navy are named after famous warships (Both Ocean and Space) not including carriers.
	members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/HAFN_Yamato.htm (1831 words)

	Japanese Navy
		The design of this class was originally to be that of an anti-aircraft escort ship for carrier task forces, and they were not to have any torpedoes or depth charge equipment.
		The elevation of the main guns was increased from 55 to 75 degrees and the bridge was streamlined, reducing wind resistance and improving stability.
		The Matsu Class, approved in the 1942 Supplementary Programme was laid down 1943-1944 and completed between April 1944 and January 1945.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/japnav.htm (733 words)

	Weapons
		It's pretty widely known fact that Yamato's guns were the biggest on a warship ever.
		Yamatos 18 inch main guns rebuilt in 1/1 scale.
		Yamato carried also seven Aichi E13A (allied reporting name "Jake") airplanes, but they were not for fighting purposes.
	www.battleshipyamato.info /weapons.html (946 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Two Iowa Class battleships were there – the Iowa and the New Jersey.
		Boasting nearly a dozen fleet aircraft carriers, and six of the fastest battleships in the world (including the Iowa and New Jersey) and led by Bull Halsey, the Third Fleet was not afraid of an engagement with the Japanese.
		Sailing from Brunei, five battleships (including the aforementioned Yamato and Musashi) twelve cruisers and fifteen destroyers were to sneak through San Bernardino Strait, loop around the island of Samar, and smash the Americans.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte0.htm (1569 words)

	Battleship Film Revives Japan's Pride In Wartime Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sixty years after the colossal battleship Yamato was sunk, the pride of Japan's wartime navy is once again an object of fascination.
		The Yamato her sister battleship MUSASHI and and the Yamato class battleship hull coverted to an aircraft carrier SHINANO all died quick simple death and were all flops...oddly the two battleship were killed exclusively by US carrier aircraft but the aircraft carrier SHINANO was sunk by US sub....
		Built on a Yamato class hull, it was the largest carrier until the USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1529525/posts (4154 words)

	Ship's Book - USS YAMATO
		Based on the venerable Soveriegn-class starship, the Hiryo-class starship is intended to combine the mission flexibility of the Hood-class cruiser with the improved endurance and speed of her Storm-class cousin.
		Allowing the YAMATO and her sister ships to be equipped with a powerful sensor suite for science missions to a weapons platform for either defensive or offensive military engagements.
		The roster is also maintained on the YAMATO web page by the CO. Players will make bio file updates to reflect promotions and awards in a timely fashion and forward the revised files to the crew.
	www.knology.net /~alton.reich/YAMATO/yshipbook.html (1911 words)

	Yamato! The Worlds biggest battleship goes down WWII Kilroy Was Here War Diary
		The Japanese battleship Yamato under attack by U.S. Navy planes in the East China Sea on April 7, 1945.
		Editor's note: Yamato and her sister ship, Musashi were the biggest battleships ever built (the third hull, Shinano, was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction but was sunk on her maiden cruise.
		We were all for it, so we headed in for the final blow, but since we were the only targets in sight, every ship opened up on us, even those on their sides.
	www.kilroywashere.org /003-Pages/GlenWallace/45-04-07.htm (422 words)

	What sort of Battleship are you? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Yamato class (IJN Yamato) With a main armament consisting of nine 18.1/45 guns, the heaviest displacement of any battleship ever built, the Yamato is the monster of the battleship world.
		A WWI workhorse, the Gangut class was re-used throughout WWII, providing surface bombardment to support the Soviet advance through Germany; although a heavier battleship class, the Sovietski Soyuz, was under construction as WWII opened up, it was never brought into action, leaving the Gangut the largest Soviet battleship on record.
		A battleship alone is toast, but a battleship with the proper fleet layout is fantastic.
	www.houseoffusion.com /groups/CF-Community/thread.cfm/threadid:14086 (1896 words)

	Japanese battleship Yamato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She and her sister ship Musashi were the largest, heaviest battleships ever constructed, weighing 72,802 tons (full load.) She carried the heaviest armament ever fitted to a battleship: nine 460 mm (18.1 inch) guns.
		Plans for a "Super Yamato" class, with 50.8 cm (20 inch) guns, provisionally designated as "Hull Number 798" and "Hull Number 799", were abandoned in 1942.
		Yamato is hit by a bomb near her forward 460 mm gun turret, during attacks by U.S. carrier planes as she transited the Sibuyan Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato (1445 words)

	Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships
		While the Japanese may have complained the loudest about the battleship "ratio" (for every 5 RN and 5 USN battleships, the IJN got 3) in the Treaty, France and Italy may have had more to complain about.
		Even the mighty Yamato was chased away from the battle while trying to evade a torpedo from the destroyer USS Heerman (DD-532).
		Yamato, Nagato, Haruna and Kongo along with numerous cruisers and destroyers, under the command of Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, are effectively defeated by the decidedly inferior Task Group 77.4.3, (better known as "Taffy 3") under the command of Rear Adm. Clifton A.F. Sprague.
	home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/IJNBBtable.html (1279 words)

	The Carrier Project - The Saga of Taffy 3
		The night before, the ressurected battleships of the Pearl Harbor disaster, commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf, had met and annihilated the Japanese Southern Force, commanded by Vice Admirals Shoji Nishamura and Kiyohide Shima.
		Battleships Yamato, Nagato & Kongo, cruisers Tone, Haguro, Kumano & Noshiro, and destroyers Fujiname, Hayashimo, Kishiname, Okiname, Hamakaze and Urakaze all suffered damage from surface and air attack; Kumano's bow was blown off by a torpedo from the Johnston.
		Battleships Yamato, Nagato, Haruna & Kongo received additional damage; cruiser Noshiro and destroyers Fujinami & Hayashimo were sunk by air attack.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/battle-samar.htm (1622 words)

	Disclaimer: This story is the property of AJ Marks, ©2005
		A cool crisp breeze brought the sea salt smell of the nearby ocean towards a large group of people surrounding the bow of a massive hull of a new ship that was being launched.
		A small launch, or boat, made its way towards one of the large battleships that was moored in the harbor.
		"And what about the Yamato class, is there any confirmation about the size of their guns," Churchill said looking up at the lieutenant.
	www.ajstories.com /ww2.html (7350 words)

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		Her class was to be 4 ships but only the Yamato and Musashi were completed, with the 3rd one as a (very large and armoured!) aircraft carrier, the Shinano.
		bunkerdestroyer RE:ww2 Yamato vs Iowa class 10/21/2005 3:15:15 PM The bombs were ap designed to take on ships, not the he used on the home land, in addition, remember howmany bombs she took, and it was not the bombs that sunk her...it was the numerous topedo hits.....
		Final outcome was that the Yamato would end up a burning hulk and slowly finished off by torpedos from US DDs, one Iowa heading to the yard with extensive topside damage, and the IJN secondary untis driven away by fires shifted from second Iowa combined with each side losing a few DDs.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/8-8148.asp (4964 words)

	The Jungle Air Force - Air Force Magazine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When photographs taken during the action were examined, the startling discovery was made that one of the battleships on which direct hits had been scored was the Yamato, Japan's largest and the pride of her navy.
		This was the first time it had been sighted and these were the first photographs of the Yamato.
		Yamato class battleship was caught in Sulu Sea by 13th AAF "Long
	www.enter.net /~rocketeer/13thaf_0245c.html (2026 words)

	HAFS Thunderer Class Battleship
		The Yamato class battleship was one of the backbones of the Human Alliance Forces Navy and have served with distinction in many battles.
		The Thunderer was chosen as the first ship of the Yamato class to be refitted.
		About the only weakness in the new class is that the engines, shields, and armor have not been modified.
	members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/HAFN_Thunderer.htm (2038 words)

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