Built during the twilight of the battleship era, the Yamato embodied the IJN’s ambition to dominate the Pacific through pure naval power. With its unprecedented size, armament, and astounding ...

The wife asks with amazement, “Does it prepare meals for so many people?” The battleship Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commissioned in December 1941, was outfitted with a state-of-the- ...

Along the way I found this story, the story of the Yamato. “Are we not samurai? Then as samurai we must die. The Yamato must die a glorious death.” For me, one of the most fascinating aspects ...