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The motif in Space Battleship Yamato was repeated in Silent Service, a popular manga and anime that explores issues of nuclear weapons and the Japan–U.S. relationship. It tells the story of a nuclear-powered super submarine whose crew mutinies and renames the vessel Yamato, in allusion to the World War II battleship and the ideals she symbolises.
The final design called for a standard displacement of 64,000 long tons (65,000 t) and a full-load displacement of 69,988 long tons (71,111 t), [25] making the ships of the class the largest battleships yet designed, and the largest battleships ever constructed.
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-184-X. Yoshimura, Akira (1999). Battleship Musashi: The Making and Sinking of the World's Greatest Battleship. Tokyo: Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2400-2.
Design A-150, [A] popularly known as the Super Yamato class, [B] was a planned class of battleships for the Imperial Japanese Navy.In keeping with longstanding Japanese naval strategy, the A-150s would have carried six 51-centimeter (20.1 in) guns to ensure their qualitative superiority over any other battleship they might face.
Battleship: 251 m (823 ft) 52,600: Sunk in 1941 and 1944 Kriegsmarine: HMS Vanguard: 1: Battleship: 248.20 m (814.3 ft) 51,420: Scrapped 1960 [4] Royal Navy: Izumo class: 2: Helicopter destroyer: 248 m (814 ft) 27,000: 1 in service, 1 in refit Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Richelieu class: 2: Battleship: 247.85 m (813 ft 2 in) 47,548: 2 ...
There was a plan to convert these ships into Aviation Battleships in 1943. The plan was cancelled and the two Ise-class battleships were converted instead. Ise-class: Battleship: Ise (1917–1945) Hyūga (1918–1945) 27,384 tonnes Converted into Aviation Battleship in 1943. Nagato-class: Battleship: Nagato (1920–1945) Mutsu (1921–1943 ...
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel. The ships are listed by type.