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On 11 February 1943, Yamato was replaced by her sister ship Musashi as flagship of the Combined Fleet. [13] Yamato spent only a single day away from Truk between her arrival in August 1942 and her departure on 8 May 1943. [13] [23] On that day, she set sail for Yokosuka and from there for Kure, arriving on 14 May.
Yamato as she appeared c. 1945 (specific configuration from 7 April 1945) In the original design, the Yamato class' secondary armament comprised twelve 15.5 cm/60 Type 3 guns mounted in four 3-gun turrets (one forward, two amidships, one aft), [53] and twelve 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 guns in six double turrets (three on each side amidships). [53]
Two ships in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy were named Yamato: Japanese battleship Yamato , was the lead ship of her class of battleships , launched in 1940 and sunk in 1945 Japanese corvette Yamato , was a Katsuragi -class corvette , launched in 1885, decommissioned in 1935 and sank in 1945.
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In December 1943, Yamato was torpedoed which necessitated repairs at Kure, where she was refitted with additional anti-aircraft guns and radar in early 1944. Yamato was dispatched to Okinawa in April 1945, with orders to beach herself and fight until destroyed. On 7 April 1945 she was sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers.
Yamato communicated this message to the other surviving ships by signal flag because her radios had been destroyed. [46] Only known photo of Yamato exploding [33] Itō, along with Captain Kōsaku Aruga, who commanded Yamato for the battle, refused to abandon ship, with Itō retiring to the flag cabin while Aruga tied himself to the binnacle. [47]
Behind the museum there is a brick park, a lawn plaza, and the "Yamato Wharf", a 1:1 scale silhouette of Yamato's bridge. West of the museum are located the submersible research ship Shinkai, as well as the original Kure naval arsenal' big lathe (N° 15299) which was used to craft the Yamato's 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun.
The 46 cm (18.1 in) 46 cm/45 Type 94 naval rifle was a wire-wound gun.Mounted in three 3-gun turrets (nine per ship), they served as the main armament of the two Yamato-class battleships that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.