The Yamato's fate was sealed during Operation Ten-Go, a suicide mission in which the ship was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft on April 7, 1945, marking the end of the battleship era.

These were found from the Yamato, which was said to be the largest and most powerful battleship ever built. She was attacked by U.S. forces and sunk with her crew on April 25 during the Pacific War.

Despite their formidable design, all three were sunk by U.S. forces. Musashi was destroyed in 1944 during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea after sustaining heavy bomb and torpedo damage. Yamato met a ...

About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship, the Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk by ... the Yamato, were two of ...