Yamato could be considered hands down the absolute worst battleship ever built. That is because warships need to be ... by enemy surface gunfire during World War II; and reportedly one destroyer.

The battleship Yamato was the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As the largest and most powerful ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum’s first major renovation ... lathe used to construct the main guns of the World War II battleship. The facility opened in 2005 as the Kure Maritime ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... Yamato, was damaged in the fighting, according to the US Navy, and American warships ...