But he would die along with 3,054 sailors when the ship sank. Only 276 personnel survived the Ten-Go Operation. The history ...

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.

Japan surrendered four months after the Yamato was sunk. The vessel was seen as a symbol of Japan’s obsession with an outdated “big-ship, big-gun” policy of naval warfare. But I believe the ...

The Roberts faced three Japanese battleships, including the Yamato, which was said to be the largest ever built. “This little ship took on the best elements of the Japanese navy, fighting them ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built ...

The Yamato must die a glorious death ... a somber reminder of the failure of war. The ship was a technological wonder, an inspired engineering marvel of its time, particularly for a country ...

Of the just over 3,000 men aboard the Yamato on the morning of April 7, 1945, fewer than 300 were alive at day's end. In the interviews below, meet two Yamato veterans still haunted by memories of ...

Yuki Mori-Kodai disappeared in the battle and that legendary space battleship Yamato has been fully rebuilt, Susumu Kodai accepts command of the ship as he intends to not only help humanity once ...

Fan art such as the above by rihirihi613 remains a heartbreaking reminder of what could have been and regardless of whether fans ship Yamato and Ace together romantically or platonically ...