The battleship Yamato of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commissioned in December 1941, was outfitted with a state-of-the-art galley that had six “kama” pots, each capable of cooking 600 “go ...

“Historical records related to the Imperial Japanese Navy and ... the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

The battleship and its escorts fought back, but cloud cover favored the Americans – the Japanese anti-aircraft guns could not ...

And its demise was emblematic of not only the end of the battleship but the end of the Japanese empire. For me, telling the story of the Yamato was a private catharsis of sorts. As we made our way ...