Pacific ships

Japan · BB · class

Yamato class

Simplified diagram of the Yamato class, not a photograph
Simplified diagram of the class, drawn for this site. Not a photograph and not a builder's plan.

2 were completed.

Three triple 18-inch turrets and one funnel.

Yamato and Musashi. Musashi was sunk in the Sibuyan Sea on 24 October 1944. Yamato was Kurita's flagship off Samar the next day.

2 completed

Ships of this class on this site

Sunk
MusashiBB · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of the Sibuyan Sea
Sunk
YamatoBB · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of the Sibuyan SeaBattle off SamarOkinawaOperation Ten-Go