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72,000 tons under the waves: Sinking the battleship Yamato took nearly 400 American aircraft and 11 torpedoes

In April 1945, Japan sent the Yamato — the largest and most powerful battleship ever built — on a one-way suicide mission to ...

Yamato’s final mission blamed on mix-up with emperor’s intent

The behemoth battleship Yamato was dispatched on its suicidal mission to Okinawa in 1945 because of a naval officer's ...