The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

The battleship Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commissioned in December 1941, was outfitted with a state-of-the-art galley that had six “kama” pots, each capable of cooking 600 “go ...

The Battle off Samar was one of the final large-scale naval engagements of the Pacific Theater, marking the last stand of ...

“Historical records related to the Imperial Japanese Navy and ... the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed ...

And its demise was emblematic of not only the end of the battleship but the end of the Japanese empire. For me, telling the story of the Yamato was a private catharsis of sorts. As we made our way ...

Old Modern Handicrafts (OMH), the leading name in handcrafted ship models and nautical collectibles, proudly announces the availability of the Japanese Battleship Yamato Model (CM108). This ...