Pacific ships

IJN · BB

Yamato

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Sunk

Yamato-class battleship. Kurita flew his flag in her off Samar. She was not sunk that day.

Yamato classKurita's flagship off Samar on 25 October 1944. Not sunk that day. Sunk southwest of Kyushu on 7 April 1945, on the way to Okinawa.

U.S. Navy photo 80-G-704702, from a Japanese photograph. Yamato on trials in Sukumo Bay, 30 October 1941. Public domain.

Command

GTGihachi TakayanagiCaptain from 16 December 1941CMChiaki MatsudaCaptain from 17 December 1942TOTakeji OnoCaptain from 7 September 1943NMNobuei MorishitaCaptain from 25 January 1944Takeo KuritaFlag, 25 October 1944KAKosaku ArugaCaptain from 25 November 1944In command when she was lost, 7 April 1945

Battle off Samar

1944-10-25 · Kurita's flagship; not sunk

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