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Their speed and size were more comparable to that of the cancelled U.S. Montana class; the Iowas were optimized for speed, maneuverabilility and fire control. | Their speed and size were more comparable to that of the cancelled U.S. Montana class; the Iowas were optimized for speed, maneuverabilility and fire control. | ||
==IJN Yamato== | ==IJN Yamato== | ||
The lead ship of the class was sunk by U.S. aircraft on 7 April 1945, as she led Operation TEN-GO, intended as a one-way mission, probably suicidal, formally to reinforce Japan at the [[Battle of Okinawa | The lead ship of the class was sunk by U.S. aircraft on 7 April 1945, as she led Operation TEN-GO, intended as a one-way mission, probably suicidal, formally to reinforce Japan at the [[Battle of Okinawa]]. | ||
==IJN Musashi== | ==IJN Musashi== | ||
First to die, the ''Musashi'' was sunk by aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, part of the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. | First to die, the ''Musashi'' was sunk by aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, part of the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. | ||
==IJN Shinano== | ==IJN Shinano== | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 15 July 2010
Built by the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Yamato-class were intended to be the largest battleships afloat. Three hulls were built, although the last, IJN Shinano, was converted to an aircraft carrier. The 71,000-ton ships IJN Yamato and IJN Musashi did have 18.1" 45-caliber guns, which fired the largest shell of any battleship, although its armor penetration was no greater than the 16" 50-caliber guns on the U.S. Iowa-class.
The class was rated at having 27-knot maximum speed. While it probably had the best optical fire control ever built, its radar was considerably inferior to that of the U.S. Iowa and South Dakota-classes.
Their speed and size were more comparable to that of the cancelled U.S. Montana class; the Iowas were optimized for speed, maneuverabilility and fire control.
IJN Yamato
The lead ship of the class was sunk by U.S. aircraft on 7 April 1945, as she led Operation TEN-GO, intended as a one-way mission, probably suicidal, formally to reinforce Japan at the Battle of Okinawa.
IJN Musashi
First to die, the Musashi was sunk by aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.