Yamato Class Battleship

The Yamato class was the culmination of the development of battleships, with the larger and more powerful type. Coming into operation in 1942, the Yamato did not fire their big guns against any ships until 1944, in the attack, along with the Japanese surface fleet, agains the aircraft carrier escort and U.S. destroyers in the Battle of Samar. He and Musashi eventually succumbed to air attacks (the Musashi at the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, just before Samar, and Yamato in 1945, in the attempted attack to recover Okinawa).

Specifications

 * Yamato_02.jpgt Completed: 2 - Yamato and Musashi ( a 3rd ship, Shinano, was converted into Aicraft Carrier)
 * Length: 263.2 m (total) and 253 m (waterline)
 * Beam (width): 38.9 m
 * Silent: 10.9 m (maximum)
 * Displacement: 63 200 ton. (Standard) and 72 809 ton. (full load)
 * Propulsion: Kanpon Steam turbines, 12 boilers Kanpon, 4 axes (150,000 shp)
 * Maximum speed: 27.4 us
 * Autonomy: 13 300 km to 16 knots
 * Shield: 76-410 mm (lateral ), 200 + 89 mm (deck), 381-650 mm (towers), 546 mm (barbette) and 495 m (control tower)
 * Main Armament: 9 guns Model 1934 460 mm/L45 (three towers triple)
 * Secondary armament: 1914 Mod 12 cannons mm/L60 155 (4 towers triple ) and 12 cannons mm/L40 127 (6 mont . triples)
 * Antiaircraft Weapons: 24 guns of 25 mm (8 mont . triples) and four single 13mm guns
 * Torpedoes and Mines: N / a
 * Airplanes: 2 seaplanes E13A1 Aichi "Jake " and 2 Mitsubushi F1M2 "Pete"
 * Crew: 2,200 officers and sailors