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[田中秀樹]

a 1/665 scale Yamato (not my photo, just found one on web)

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by 田中秀樹

a 1/665 scale Yamato (not my photo, just found one on web)

Quite a ship too..... The IJN meant it to violate the "Washington Treaty" that banned large battleships. Sadly the Yamato was obsolete the day that it went down the slip..... the aircraft carrier would replace it.

It was quite a piece of engineering. The 18inch cannon were the largest ever put on to a battleship. Had the Yamato been around during World War I it would have been hell on the water.

I've read that the US Navy was terrified of encountering it. Fortunately for the US the IJN lacked sufficient fuel to keep the Yamato on patrol. As a result it was easy to track, easy to locate but very tough to destroy. Took a lot of hits before it sank.

The forge which made the Yamato's gigantic cannon (the largest guns that ever were put to sea) is still in business. Today they make samurai swords and nuclear pressure vessels. They're one of two forges large enough to do the job. I read that they have contracts on the books out to 2015.

Gene

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by PK198105

thats an actual ship i thought it was a manga fantasy ship

actually gene the model is a manga :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

i recognized it by the aft fins and the side pods i don't think the japanese were that advanced in ww2 lol

Yeah, there was a animation made in Japan about some group who raised the Yamato and made a spaceship out of it.

I read that the real Yamato is at the bottom of the Pacific, and the blast that destroyed it broke its spine and left the wreckage bent up.

Did wonder about those pods, figured it was some sort of support. Never mind.

Yeah, there really was a Yamato. The ship had two sisters, the Musashi and the Shinano (I think that was its name). The Musashi was lost towards the end of World War II.

One of the more bizarre facts I recall about those two ships were that they had a "spray shell" for the big cannon that were used for anti-aircraft purposes. Called "San-shiki-dan". Accelerated barrel wear but it was a desperation situation. Sank.

The Shinano's construction was halted part way, the big gun turrets were removed and it was converted to an aircraft carrier. During its fitting run it was torpedoed by a US submarine. The Shinano's crew were not experienced in damage control so the ship sank very fast.

Gene