How much did Yamato cost?
250,000,897 JPY
Yamato-class battleship
Class overview | |
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Subclasses | 2 (Shinano- and No. 797-class) |
Cost | 250,000,897 JPY |
Built | 1937–1942 |
In commission | 1941–1945 |
How many US planes were lost sinking the Yamato?
10 aircraft
Yamato was still more than 300 nautical miles from Okinawa when she went down. The most powerful battleship in the world was no match for 390 U.S. carrier aircraft. U.S. losses were 10 aircraft and 12 pilots and aircrewmen.
Did Yamato sink any ships?
Yamato (大和, lit. “Great Harmony”) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II….Japanese battleship Yamato.
History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Stricken | 31 August 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by American planes during Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945 |
General characteristics (as built) |
What’s the biggest battleship ever made?
Meet the Yamato: The Largest Battleship Ever Built (With the Largest Guns Ever) Battleship Yamato during sea trials October 30, 1941. The Yamato was certainly a record-breaking battleship for many different reasons.
What was bigger Yamato or Bismarck?
The Bismarcks carried about nineteen thousand tons of armor, albeit in an archaic configuration by World War II standards. The Yamatos, on the other hand, displaced about seventy-two thousand tons, armed with nine 18.1” guns in three triple turrets and capable of twenty-seven knots.
What was the best battleship ever?
The result was the Iowa class, the most powerful and best-designed battleships ever built.
- USS Missouri, the third laid down but last completed of the Iowa class, carried a slightly heavier main armament than the South Dakotas and could make five extra knots.
- Missouri’s guns were also a step up from previous classes.