Ghastly video.No true shots of the Yamato at all!!! When conceived she was already out dated.Air power would seal the battleships fate.She was how ever the largest of her time.How good she would be against the USA's Missouri class would be interesting.Our radar and advanced weaponry systems might have had the advantage--but 18" verses 16" might be another story.But then---history has made its mark.
Too many armchair generals, armchair engineers, -bunch of dipshits. Just appriciate the incredible things that humans can create in their quest (successful or not) for power, survival, or anything else the military might aid. This goes for all videos showcasing the personal/equipment of all nations.
Seriously, are you guys even out of highschool? Play less call of duty, and masturbate to your countries glorious army less.
@Qyburnator Listen, why the hell do you think youtube has a comment bar? So that we just sit there and talk about "How awesome the video is"?
I am participating in youtube comment bar to hear the opinion of others on certain topics. Sure, most youtubers arent exactly Engineers or Generals, but knowledge is knowledge, no matter if it comes from a guy who dropped out of high school or from General Yamamoto.
But had they actually fought, I'd say it'd come down to the Yamato chasing the Iowa due to the Iowa's superior gun range and speed. The Iowas were not nearly as well armored as people tend to believe, in fact they were not rated against their own 16 inch guns, whereas the Yamato WAS rated against 16 inchers. The sacrifice of the 18 inch guns and better armor for the Yamato was shorter range and lower speed.
Perfect example of why Japan lost the war. Like Hitler, they bet heavily on the wrong technology and squandered their limited resources, particularly oil and steel. Between the Yamato, the Musashi and the Shinano--the three biggest capital ships ever constructed on Earth--the Japanese accomplished precisely jack squat and all three ended up on the bottom for nothing. They could have built 5000 kamikazes instead and battered the US Navy at any opportunity. The battleship era was already dead.
The Americans used bombs and torpedoes to take out both Yamato and Musashi not their own battleships. Its is extremely INTERESTING what would have happened if either of these japanese battleships went toe to toe with USS Missouri or USS New Jersey. The powerful 18 inch shells from guns of these super battleships would punch huge holes on these US ships or would went through them.
I don't know why people argue about the Yamato vs. Iowa thing. Anyone who has any idea about these ships would know that the Iowas were far superior to the Yamatos. People think because the Yamato was larger and had bigger main guns that it's the more powerful ship. WRONG. One of the Iowas would certainly put a massive ass kicking to that floating pile of scrap.
@DanSVT03 the video did not mention who's better, only the American's think that they are stronger from other countries, like you moron, Yamato is the biggest battleship made according to the video
@libertylagrana "Yamato is the biggest battleship made according to the video" of course she was BUT read the other comments from Yamato fanbois and note that is what starts it
"only the American's think that they are stronger from other countries" ever spoke to a "proud Russian" or "Nationalist Japanese"?
The Yamato was only as good as the government and emperor who owned her. And the Japanese government were too stupid, I mean they build a battleship that had no equal and what do they do with her, docked up as a hotel for the elites spoilt brats, only going to war when the game was up for Japan. So IF the Japanese were like the Germans ( sending out the Bismark to FIGHT ) no doubt the Iowa would have been eaten up for breakfast and farted out for lunch if it swopped shells with the Yamato.
@ilkkavu: Not that much smaller and while her armor was not as thick as Yamato's, check out her STS layer of armor and how it could decap AP shell. Why the Iowa was a much better ship:
Fire Control
Speed
Damage Control
Rate of Fire
Radar controlled guns
Secondaries - her 5"/38 was faster and would blanket the Yamato's topside
Night Fighting
Yeah, put the Iowa in a broom closet vs Yamato and it wouldn't be a good thing
Still Iowa controlled the range and when she wanted to fight
@Faighbas: You are correct, the Yamato and Iowa should not be in the same ocean. One was a dinosaur and the other a modern (WW2) battleship with sharp eyes and a powerful punch that would drop shells on the Yamato's deck armor
Actually the Iowa's speed was 33, not 31 knts which is over 20% faster than the Yamato. Not only that, her "legs were far longer" meaning she had far greater range
As far as the guns go, you have been seduced by "biggerness"
Secondaries: While the 5"/38s of the Iowa wouldn't penetrate Yamato's armor, 20 RPM from 10 of those puppies would play sand paper to anything on Yamato's decks, like Yamato's FCS
Maneuvering: The Mark 38 FCS of the Iowa meant she could move, evade and shoot while the Yamato had to maintain a steady course to shoot (save wildly)
@Faighbas: More on why the Iowa was a far better BB than Yamato
Radar: Iowa's radar was 25 times as powerful and offered resolution even on shell splashes to correct range
Night fighting: Sure the IJN had great optics but USN had far better Radar. Check what the USS Washington did to the Kirashima in 1942 with an earlier radar and FCS, Kirashima never saw her killer
There we are: Iowa controls range and if there's going to be a fight. She see and fires on Yamato before he sees her
@KAMISAMA514: The Beehive artillery fired by Yamato's 460mm guns were not effective. During the entire fight where the US used aircraft to sink her, the US lost 10 planes and ten crew men
The IJN lost Yamato, CL Yahagi and 4 of the 8 DDs sunk. The remaining 4 DDs were shot up pretty bad
@TectonicPower which is sad cause it took 2 nuclear bombs to make a country so little in compare to the united states to surrender and yet to this day the Japanese are far better in technology and winning the economy game to the states rawr.
@MrShowgo1 35% of American T-bill purchased by Chinese gov. 32 % owned by Japanese. Japanese T-bill owed by 100 % Japanese citizen. Don't you understand the reality?
@kieferkippy Nope. None of the ships built from 1970's until today have any armor. It took an explosive-laden boat to put a huge hole on the USS Cole.
Yamato was NEVER credited by Japanese command for sinking SINGLE enemy ship. Possibly had some unconfirmed hits on US ships at the battle of Samar in which she was fired torpedo spread by single US destroyer making her sharply weer off course. After which she got lost in the fog and rain squall and didn't rejoin the battle before Kurita sounded "general retreat" and it was all over.
There was no US cruisers at the battle of Samar (the ONLY enemy ship encounter of Yamato).
yamato was a symbol to japanes ppl? those guys dont know wat theyre talking about! the yamato and musashi were both massively secret project, the entire japanese populace dident have a clue the IJN had such a beast out there, the entire world dident knew about them untill some US recon aircrafts sighted them, i have read up that when the musashi got commissioned an air raid drill was made so the people would be busy in the drill while the musashi charged out of the covered shipyard at full speed
@Slicksterzz comment spam much at least wait till someone else comments before posting another one it looks like videos have 1 sided conversations when you do this
They thought they spotted the american main battle fleet with fleet carriers, so the japanese used armor piercing shells. The ships were actually unarmored escort carriers and the shells went in one side and out the other side of the escort carriers.
It was 1 hour and 31minutes from 1st dive bomber attack until order "Abandon ship" was sounded.
And "her size remains unmatched" because nobody is stupid enough to build such totally useless dinosaur. Complete waste of money, metal, industrial capacity and human lives.
Yakuza, re: "Glory on Japan, for all times." Anyone, of any nationality, interested in WWII naval warfare in the Pacific is urged to read "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by the late Tamechi Hara, who served widely and with distinction in the IJN throughout the war. Very revealing look into the inner workings of the IJN by one of its foremost commanders and celebrated veterans. Destroyers were a crucial weapon for the IJN. Hara helped develop that force's deadly "long lance" torpedo and doctrine.
@USSWISCONSIN64; Try Amazon, if not there, a rare book dealer should have it. It was originally published in 1960 or so, and reprinted afterwards in English, if memory serves me correctly.
"It would've liked to see the big ones one on one..." So would the battleship admirals in both the USN and IJN. It is ironic that the most modern battleships in the Japanese navy didn't fire their guns in anger at other capital ships, and were sunk by aircraft. The last BB on BB engagement was at the Battle of Surigao Strait, when the task force of RA Jesse Oldendorf bested a force led by Adm. Nishimura. Yakuza7284, the IJN were formidable opponents - my father told me as much, a WWII veteran.
"Just Yamato vs Iowa, by day, if they could see each other, Iowa would be sunk, Yamato had better guns and heavier armour..." An Iowa class BB would have offered a very tough fire to Yamato, even head-to-head. Why? Better fire control, superior radar, and better damage control. An Iowa would also be more maneuverable, which would be very important in a battleship engagement. The Yamato would have an edge in use of torpedoes, since U.S. battlewagons generally didn't train in their use.
"The Bismarck is shit. It managed to sink a Battlecruiser with no armour protection, and yet it was crippled by a single Fairey Swordfish torpedo plane." Not so fast, Exilninja... Yamato and Bismark were both extremely formidible vessels, well-constructed, tough and well-armed. The Bismark was scuttled, even after all the punishment she took. Any ship could be crippled by a rudder hit. Yamato was very tough; eight bombs and eleven torpedoes to sink her. I'd pick Yamato in a fight, though...
Bismark versus Yamato would probably come down to tactical considerations, i.e. local conditions affecting the battle such as visibility, weather, who sighted who first and managed to bring accurate fire to bear first, damage control, whether or not torpedoes could be launched, use of scout aircraft, and so on. In practice, no capital ship of this size would be out alone - they would have a protective screen of destroyers, cruisers, perhaps also carriers and subs if at all possible.
From nearly all points of view, Yamato. Not only were her guns larger and much, much more powerful than Bismarcks, her armour belt was 16 inches thick, 27 inches on the gun turrets, and 9 inch deck armor, which is compared to Bismarcks 13 inch armor belt, a 14inch turret armor , and 4.4 inch deck armour. If you then do some calculations, Yamato would be capable of inflicting MASSIVE damage on Bismarck with plunging AND direct fire with her 18.1 inch guns.
Furthermore, the 18.1 inch guns would easily penetrate Bismarck's side and deck armour, inflicting heavy damage, while Bismarck would not be able to penetrate Yamato's side armour for quite a long period of time, her deck armour and gun turrets could also withstand the punishment. Once at closer ranges, as in naval battles, ships tend to get closer to each other, Yamato would be at yet another advantage with her massive secondary batteries of 6 and 3.9 inch guns. Really, no comparison
Didn't Bismark have the better engineered main guns, electrics and hydraulics? Meaning more accuracy and rapid fire ( 3 rounds a minute each gun) Plus the ship was 4 knots quicker.
Yamato also had quite good accuracy, e.g it hit the USS Gambier Bay and the USS Hoel OTH, and if by accuracy you mean when it hit the Hood with two 15 inch shells and split it, they were extremely lucky shots. If it had not hit the 5 inch gun magazine Hood would have fought on.
Shut up retard, I have a GCSE in History, dont fucking say stupid, obvious shit like that to people. I was on about the fucking Bismarck, if you used your useless 10 year old brain maybe youd have figured that out.
@Exilninja Wow chill the fuck out. A simple mistake made because i didnt want to read the fucking essay you have been writing on here. perhaps you should use your exclusive GCSE History grade to look up some good mental institutes you book yourself into? FYI i have a GCSE History grade aswell. Just about everyone in britain does. Your not special and announcing that you have that grade doesnt make you a historical genius. If you had a history A-level that would be worth mentioning.
@Gonzoidzz The Yamato had very poor fire control. 18.1" shells mean nothing if you can't aim them. The Bismark on paper would have destroyed the Yamato had they ever met.
@lander4545: There's no way to game that scenario out. The Bismark was built to German engineering standards, and was very tough - but the IJN Yamato was extremely heavily armored and the Japanese were much more proficient in torpedo tactics from capital ships than the Kreigsmarine were. They were roughly comparable in radar; the Germans might have had an edge in fire control optics. The USN made the mistake of underestimating the the IJN and paid for it early in the war.
@GeorgiaBoy1961 It wasn't underestimating the IJN that hurt the U.S. Navy early in the war it was the attack on Pearl Harbor and the loss of war ships that hurt them. After that the U.S. Navy always had superior communications intelligence; the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 4-8 1942 which was basically a draw but was also the first time the IJN had been halted in there tracks and the Battle of Midway from June 4-7 1942 which was a clear victory for American forces proved it.
@lander4545 I understand the IJN had good fire control and early engagements with the U.S./Australian/British navies testifie to that. What was the Bismarcks firing range? I think I would rather be on the Yamato if an engagement broke out between the two
@lander4545 I still would bet my check on the Yamato. Early egagements with Australian,British and American fleets against the Japanese navy showed that the Japanese had respectable and effective firepower, cheers!
@lander4545 K, I will,thanx. Unfortunately all the research would be in vain because we will never know what would happen in a real scenario. No matter what equipment would be on board, battles also include luck,cheers!
@USExceptionalism the bis was sunk earlier on in the war. Yamato's sister ship Musashi had some good battletime under her belt and did good, no reason to believe the yamato wouldn't. I still bet on the Yamato
@enchilada01 Both Yamato and Musashi actual service records are total disasters. Never justified even fraction of money and industrial capacity wasted on those dinosaurs.
@ssmusic214 Well even the Bismark's record is very close. The Yamato and Musashi faced a greater foe than some Battleships as opponents like the Bis did. They where no match to those pesky mosquitoes from the USAF
@ssmusic214 you can blame that on the commanders, they wanted them to stay hidden as long as possible, tho IJN yamato sunk some destroyers and i think cruisers, plus a couple CVE's and shot something around 20+ aircraft before the refit which increased her AA to 250 guns. after that she took down another 10 aircraft.
The Bismarck is shit. It managed to sink a Battlecruiser with no armour protection, and yet it ws crippled by a single Fairey Swordfish torpedo plane. The only reason people like the Bismarck is because it was the largest European battleship and the second largest until the commisioning of USS Iowa.
Let's put a Jap Zero up against an ME-262. lol. Or a King Tiger against whatever tractor the Japs had rolling about the Pacific. That said, I'm not sure Bismark vs Yamato would be similar.
Mike states that the Yamato was over 850 ft long and over 130 ft wide. According to Wikipedia the measurements are 839 ft 11 in. and 127 ft 7 in. I've always been a bit confused about the claim about "the biggest". Certainly the heaviest at roughly 26000 tons heavier than the iowa class. But, the iowa class was nearly 50 feet longer and only 19 feet narrower making them on average nearly the same physical size. Would have been cool to see the big ones get to slug it out!
@guyinmorton The Iowa had a major advantage. It had a radar powered fire control computer. The Iowa could see ships on radar beyond visual range. It would fire, if it missed you could see the shell splashes on radar and adjust fire. The Yamato did not have this capability. Also the 16inch shell at those ranges are almost as strong as the 18inch shell. Plus the Iowa could maneuver significantly faster and fire on the move beyond visual range. I'd put my money on the Iowa.
@WakingMajority I would also have put money on the Iowa's. My main point was more that so many people talk about how "massive and powerful" the Yamato was when in reality it really only had more guns and heavier armor. The technology and better balistics of the main guns would have evened things out.... But sizewise they were very close in dimensions. Yamato was not twice the size of anything else. Only twice the weight.
I was pretty impressed with the Bismark too. What a pounding it took!!
@guyinmorton I think it would depend on the kind of battle they would fight. Just Yamato vs Iowa, by day, if they could see each other, Iowa would be sunk, Yamato had better guns and heavier armour, and she was not the heaviest of her class, actually Musashi was much heavier. There's no doubt that in the kind of war they had to fight Iowa was much more useful.
If you to talk about "the biggest" it would be hard to choose (263x39 vs 271x33 metres),if you talk about the heavies,thats Musashi
@HellPatrol92 I just watched a documentary on the battle of Leyte ("Dogfights" from History channel). It mentioned the Yamato also had radar?? I imagine it would depend on a number of factors... Day/night, weather, tactics and simple luck. Watching the documentary... The USS Johnston went up against the Yamato and her battle group alone, She was a destroyer escort, and faired quite well for a couple hours and did some damage or her own. It would've liked to see the big ones one on one...
@guyinmorton They had radar by 1943, but it was very primitive compared to the US Navy. Early air warning. It also wasn't integrated into the fire control like the American and British BBs. The Iowas could fire thru a heavy smokescreen accurately. I've seen that episode of dogfights. Its a good example of how completely useless the Yamato was. Capt. Evans was a badass.
Everything from Atomic Bomb's aim which they simply just wanted to test nuclear and chose Japan, The pearl harbor incident never happened, they made bunch of lie story of Japan History, Japan is now just being silent of every noises from brainwashed Koreans and Chinese. look "Secret history of Atomic Bomb" for reference.
The 9-11 tragedy is set up by US Govt'.
Setup for an opportunity to invade Afghanistan, and now they're also doing the same style to Iraq.
@USFullOfLies not only that, don't you realize that this reality is just a construct of the matrix and they we're all just living in a virtual world. so what you perceive based on your senses aren't real, they're technologically altered and manipulated. so what we know is real isn't really real.
its funny how they make fun of battleships "uneeded,easly beaten at sea" the only way to stop a battleship is to OVERWHELEM IT thats right easly beaten my ass
Right... i had to repost... there are alot of misguided people on here...
now i read that submariners are cowards or dishonourable... but think about this for a minute... i bet none of you have been in "battle" and i dont mean the class bully chukin a rubber at your head -.-'!!!
so when people fight in a safer way than others get called cowards?
he who starts the fight is the coward... for he is not content with peace... so they fight, and make others have to defend themselves. thats cowardice!
see that plane it shot down into flames... imagine being that pilot flying at the yamato's 150 machine guns plus aa
then you get hit... dude fuck that... would you rather waste many many more sailors and have them die horrible deaths not all blown up but many freezing and drowning in the sea.... your a wierd person EXILNINJA and ZERGMON i bet your not even adults....
Man.. I love ships in general, and it pains me to see them sink.. all those hands lost, no matter what country. It's a reason I hold disdain for submariners-especially the u-boaters that sank so many convoys (it's cowardly. At least against planes, there is still SOME fair element to fight back imo). I love old transatlantic liners, but also admire ships like Yamato. May she rest in peace in the depths below. ..Yes, an American.
Just for the record; when Yamato was laid down in November of 1937, Japan was not in violation of any existing naval treaty- and the design work on Yamato did not violate the Washington or London Naval Treaties. The design specifications and construction of the Yamatos was kept as much of a secret as possible because the Japanese wished to retain a qualitive edge over their likely opponents in any naval war- the U.S.N. and R.N.
the yamato was not built to intimidate. she was a developmental evolution of the fast battleship after the washington treaty. other countries already had super-battleships in the drawing board. the germans had h-44 weighing 120,000 tonnes with 8 20-inch guns. the british had the lion class (a stronger vanguard.) the americans were ready to build the montana class (iowa class wtih another 3 16-inch guns.) in fact there was even a super-yamato being designed: 6 20-inch guns.
Lets see. Three minutes of film, and just two actual photos of Yamato. So all told, maybe five seconds of the actual ship, the rest filler which was really NOT Yamato in any shape manner or form. And for those ignorant of truth and fact, which seems common here by the comments made, Yamato was kept secret by the Japanese government because in all aspects of the ship (weight, gun size) she was in violation of treaties the Japanese had signed regarding battleship size.
The Yamato was built too late,when the nature of naval warfare had already shifted from large naval ship battles to sky battles using planes, the Yamato knew it was on a suicide mission, it was only given enough fuel for a one way trip. It also had next to no aircraft escort.
@Uuynu The Japanese Empire held the Yamato to be a national treasure more than a weapon and never sent it for any battle, only when victory was bleak did they send it out... for a suicide mission.
@ArcherAsher Let's not convolute the truth now. The IJM knew that the Yamato was a massive failure before it was even finished but to have it be sunk would have been a tremendous slap to their ego. they didn't send the Yamato out for a suicide mission either, Their plan was to Beach the yamato and use it as an artillery platform but it was sunk before it could ever reach shore.
The US is so afraid to lose their Iowa Class Battleships so instead they sent 400 planes to sink Yamato, the shameful part for the US is this...They have the Iowa Class Battleships today as the No. 1 in the Top 10 Fighting ships of all time because they are cowards, they couldn't match Japan by Battleships so they sank the Yamato by Aircraft Carriers and 400 planes. I bet, the 4 Iowa Class Battleships vs Yamato, no doubt Yamato wins.
The US is so afraid to lose their Iowa Class Battleships so instead they sent 400 planes to sink Yamato, the shameful part for the US is this...They have the Iowa Class Battleships today as the No. 1 in the Top 10 Fighting ships of all time because they are cowards, they couldn't match Japan by Battleships so they sank the Yamato by Aircraft Carriers and 400 planes. I bet, the 4 Iowa Class Battleships vs Yamato, no doubt Yamato wins.
@GrandFunker LOL! the 300 airplanes is not the entire US navy. Yamato and her armada were beaten by a small destroyed group which was for anti-submarine missions only. Yamato my a**. It was a wasted of valuable materials.
He's referring to the battle off Samar, in which a handful of destroyers, destroyers & escort carriers sent Yamato & the rest of Kurita's fleet running
@GrandFunker IT took the Japanese Several Days to sink the Hornet and the Hornet was just an aircraft carrier. 4 hours is a VERY short Battle in naval warfare.
@GrandFunker "the whole US Navy" It's is confirmed that there wee no more than 300 US planes at that battle. 300 Planes is no where near half the US Navy. Also the Yamato, though seriously lacking air support, was by no means alone. The sinking of the Yamato was a very personal goal. The US wanted to sink it not because it was a threat but because it would deal a major blow to the ego of the Japanese Navy
@GrandFunker there were 300 Planes at that battle. #00 planes isn't even half the pacific fleet much less the whole US navy. Also the Yamato was not alone it had several escort ships. Also despite having more anti aircraft guns than any other ship in existence it only shot down 10 planes.
The battleship seen firing in that documentry was actually Nagato.
To the best of my knowledge there is NO moving film footage of Yamato or Musashi - only still photographs........................unless some old Japanese guy has something stashed away in his attic?
Ghastly video.No true shots of the Yamato at all!!! When conceived she was already out dated.Air power would seal the battleships fate.She was how ever the largest of her time.How good she would be against the USA's Missouri class would be interesting.Our radar and advanced weaponry systems might have had the advantage--but 18" verses 16" might be another story.But then---history has made its mark.
bobgevert 1 week ago
Is that Mike Rowe narrating?
dave1986R 2 weeks ago
Yes but ilove the bismarck more than all the other battleships in the ww2
stiffmaster6661 2 weeks ago
@stiffmaster6661 why? it got owned in its first combat encounter
pwnstoohard 1 week ago
Your wrong, Bismarck was the only biggest battleship built for european power,and yamato is the biggest battleship ever built.
saturn6ish 2 weeks ago
Well the Yamoto was the second biggest battleship, Bizmark was the biggest. (It was German)
TheRaackMan 3 weeks ago
I hate all the comments in videos like this.
Too many armchair generals, armchair engineers, -bunch of dipshits. Just appriciate the incredible things that humans can create in their quest (successful or not) for power, survival, or anything else the military might aid. This goes for all videos showcasing the personal/equipment of all nations.
Seriously, are you guys even out of highschool? Play less call of duty, and masturbate to your countries glorious army less.
Qyburnator 1 month ago
@Qyburnator Listen, why the hell do you think youtube has a comment bar? So that we just sit there and talk about "How awesome the video is"?
I am participating in youtube comment bar to hear the opinion of others on certain topics. Sure, most youtubers arent exactly Engineers or Generals, but knowledge is knowledge, no matter if it comes from a guy who dropped out of high school or from General Yamamoto.
VictumRoManius 1 month ago
But had they actually fought, I'd say it'd come down to the Yamato chasing the Iowa due to the Iowa's superior gun range and speed. The Iowas were not nearly as well armored as people tend to believe, in fact they were not rated against their own 16 inch guns, whereas the Yamato WAS rated against 16 inchers. The sacrifice of the 18 inch guns and better armor for the Yamato was shorter range and lower speed.
EntropicMisanthropic 1 month ago
Perfect example of why Japan lost the war. Like Hitler, they bet heavily on the wrong technology and squandered their limited resources, particularly oil and steel. Between the Yamato, the Musashi and the Shinano--the three biggest capital ships ever constructed on Earth--the Japanese accomplished precisely jack squat and all three ended up on the bottom for nothing. They could have built 5000 kamikazes instead and battered the US Navy at any opportunity. The battleship era was already dead.
EntropicMisanthropic 1 month ago
war is a terrible thing... violence never solves anything - that's a fact!
Estonian4life 1 month ago
"Allies"sank her. No. Just the US Navy.
transonicbuoy 1 month ago
@transonicbuoy You would be correct...
deltabtry 1 month ago
The Americans used bombs and torpedoes to take out both Yamato and Musashi not their own battleships. Its is extremely INTERESTING what would have happened if either of these japanese battleships went toe to toe with USS Missouri or USS New Jersey. The powerful 18 inch shells from guns of these super battleships would punch huge holes on these US ships or would went through them.
commybuster 2 months ago
@commybuster Guess again.... US ships had a huge advantage in training, fire control systems, fire supression techniques, etc.
osalcido85 2 months ago
I don't know why people argue about the Yamato vs. Iowa thing. Anyone who has any idea about these ships would know that the Iowas were far superior to the Yamatos. People think because the Yamato was larger and had bigger main guns that it's the more powerful ship. WRONG. One of the Iowas would certainly put a massive ass kicking to that floating pile of scrap.
DanSVT03 2 months ago
@DanSVT03 the video did not mention who's better, only the American's think that they are stronger from other countries, like you moron, Yamato is the biggest battleship made according to the video
libertylagrana 2 months ago
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@libertylagrana "Yamato is the biggest battleship made according to the video" of course she was BUT read the other comments from Yamato fanbois and note that is what starts it
"only the American's think that they are stronger from other countries" ever spoke to a "proud Russian" or "Nationalist Japanese"?
sol3a1 2 months ago
The Yamato was only as good as the government and emperor who owned her. And the Japanese government were too stupid, I mean they build a battleship that had no equal and what do they do with her, docked up as a hotel for the elites spoilt brats, only going to war when the game was up for Japan. So IF the Japanese were like the Germans ( sending out the Bismark to FIGHT ) no doubt the Iowa would have been eaten up for breakfast and farted out for lunch if it swopped shells with the Yamato.
macktheknife888 2 months ago
I'll take the 1944 and 1945 version of the USS Iowa any day over the 1944 or early 1945 version of Yamato any day to trust my life in
sol3a1 3 months ago
@sol3a1 USS Iowa was a much smaller ship.
ilkkavu 2 months ago
@ilkkavu: Not that much smaller and while her armor was not as thick as Yamato's, check out her STS layer of armor and how it could decap AP shell. Why the Iowa was a much better ship:
Fire Control
Speed
Damage Control
Rate of Fire
Radar controlled guns
Secondaries - her 5"/38 was faster and would blanket the Yamato's topside
Night Fighting
Yeah, put the Iowa in a broom closet vs Yamato and it wouldn't be a good thing
Still Iowa controlled the range and when she wanted to fight
sol3a1 2 months ago
@sol3a1 What are you on about? An Iowa class battleship has no business even being in the same body of water as the Yamato!
Iowa class battleship = 45000 tons displacement, 31 knots max speed, 9 x 16 inch main guns!
Yamato class battleship = 78000 tons displacement, 27 knots max speed, 9 x 18 inch main guns!
The Iowa was slightly faster, yes, but the yamato was a floating tank!
I suppose next you'll tell me that the HMS Hood would easily beat the Bismark by you same theory! Seriously
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Faighbas 2 months ago
@Faighbas: You are correct, the Yamato and Iowa should not be in the same ocean. One was a dinosaur and the other a modern (WW2) battleship with sharp eyes and a powerful punch that would drop shells on the Yamato's deck armor
Actually the Iowa's speed was 33, not 31 knts which is over 20% faster than the Yamato. Not only that, her "legs were far longer" meaning she had far greater range
As far as the guns go, you have been seduced by "biggerness"
sol3a1 2 months ago
@Faighbas: Iowa outclassed Yamato in these areas
RoF: 2 vs 1.5 RPM
FCS: Iowa's radar controlled her guns
Secondaries: While the 5"/38s of the Iowa wouldn't penetrate Yamato's armor, 20 RPM from 10 of those puppies would play sand paper to anything on Yamato's decks, like Yamato's FCS
Maneuvering: The Mark 38 FCS of the Iowa meant she could move, evade and shoot while the Yamato had to maintain a steady course to shoot (save wildly)
Speed: Iowa was 6 knts faster than Yamato, not 4
sol3a1 2 months ago
@Faighbas: More on why the Iowa was a far better BB than Yamato
Radar: Iowa's radar was 25 times as powerful and offered resolution even on shell splashes to correct range
Night fighting: Sure the IJN had great optics but USN had far better Radar. Check what the USS Washington did to the Kirashima in 1942 with an earlier radar and FCS, Kirashima never saw her killer
There we are: Iowa controls range and if there's going to be a fight. She see and fires on Yamato before he sees her
sol3a1 2 months ago
@Faighbas: As for the IJN Type 94 460/45 vs the USN Mark 7 406/50 naval rifles, I will send you to this site:
w w w(dot)navweapons(dot)com(slash)
Weapons/WNJAP_18-45_t94.htm for Yamato
Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm for Iowa
AND
index_tech/tech-086.htm for how the 2 BBs' FCS to learn more
Let me know when you're ready to concede that Iowa as existed in 43, 44 or 45 was better than the Yamato from the same period
1 more - AAA: Iowa & all USN Fast BBs were light years ahead of IJN BBs
sol3a1 2 months ago
How come most of the shots in this video are not of the Yamato? Disappointing at best.
prydonian460 4 months ago
yamato the master!!
divolsound 5 months ago
jep USA shake :) u will be lost next war
Nannu65 5 months ago
@Nannu65 Son. I am disapoint. I cant tell what your saying.
ulak5150 5 months ago
大日本帝国万歳‼
taka195700 6 months ago
I mean u guys
Troykiller1000 6 months ago
Me and dat ship can win that war with I guys
Troykiller1000 6 months ago
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why now dont japan re-build its Yamato again?
tyl5566 7 months ago
Yamato
aarreessppllaann 7 months ago
....is that mike rowe doing the commentary?
MrRebel816 7 months ago
@MrRebel816 yeah he used to host this show :)
MrCitizen44 6 months ago
大和の主砲から散弾銃のような細かい弾が
ある程度の距離に達すると炸裂する仕掛け
をしていたらアメリカの戦闘機を壊滅出来た
ような気もしないではない。
KAMISAMA514 7 months ago
@KAMISAMA514
あまり詳しくないのですが、三式弾というまさに散弾銃のような対空用の砲弾を使っていたそうですよ。
あまり有効ではなかったのでしょうかね・・。
hdkkyb 7 months ago
@KAMISAMA514: The Beehive artillery fired by Yamato's 460mm guns were not effective. During the entire fight where the US used aircraft to sink her, the US lost 10 planes and ten crew men
The IJN lost Yamato, CL Yahagi and 4 of the 8 DDs sunk. The remaining 4 DDs were shot up pretty bad
sol3a1 3 months ago
Little Boy and Fat Man were the world's two biggest explosions, a symbol to japan's surrender ending WWII.
TectonicPower 8 months ago
@TectonicPower Ya at the time they were but there have been bigger since
DaManzMoney 6 months ago
@DaManzMoney Nope sorry they remain the biggest and japan was thinking of even bigger
motorguzzi100 6 months ago
@TectonicPower which is sad cause it took 2 nuclear bombs to make a country so little in compare to the united states to surrender and yet to this day the Japanese are far better in technology and winning the economy game to the states rawr.
tempeztad 4 months ago
@tempeztad
Dont forget America was also fighting another war in Europe,as well as supplying the Armies of Great Brittain and Russia.
wertpollwert 4 months ago
@wertpollwert Japan was on 2 fronts too china and the pacific
tempeztad 3 months ago
@tempeztad
LOL. you call Fighting China a front? was almost a sideshow.
wertpollwert 3 months ago
@tempeztad The Japanese economy has stagnated since the 90's.
MrShowgo1 2 months ago
@MrShowgo1 35% of American T-bill purchased by Chinese gov. 32 % owned by Japanese. Japanese T-bill owed by 100 % Japanese citizen. Don't you understand the reality?
ogamiryo 2 months ago
@ogamiryo I understand you being crazy? By the way im not american, so theres no reason to the the "who is better" country debate with me.
MrShowgo1 2 months ago
big ship, big target
SBPoLeshiFt 8 months ago
GREAT YAMATO
hva1967 8 months ago
大和は帰りの燃料を積まずに出航した。すなわち死ぬために出撃したのです。
777ferrero 8 months ago
@777ferrero
それは誤りです。実際には十分な燃料を積んで出撃しました。
次の給料もね。
Tormekian3rdArmy 7 months ago
i wonder if the us nimitz class ships could withstand the same damage as the yamato
kieferkippy 8 months ago
@kieferkippy Nope. None of the ships built from 1970's until today have any armor. It took an explosive-laden boat to put a huge hole on the USS Cole.
OperationEndGame 8 months ago
Amazing ship! They amount of damaged that it withstood before going down was remarkable.
HaggenPagan26 8 months ago
Yamato was NEVER credited by Japanese command for sinking SINGLE enemy ship. Possibly had some unconfirmed hits on US ships at the battle of Samar in which she was fired torpedo spread by single US destroyer making her sharply weer off course. After which she got lost in the fog and rain squall and didn't rejoin the battle before Kurita sounded "general retreat" and it was all over.
There was no US cruisers at the battle of Samar (the ONLY enemy ship encounter of Yamato).
ssmusic214 9 months ago
yamato was a symbol to japanes ppl? those guys dont know wat theyre talking about! the yamato and musashi were both massively secret project, the entire japanese populace dident have a clue the IJN had such a beast out there, the entire world dident knew about them untill some US recon aircrafts sighted them, i have read up that when the musashi got commissioned an air raid drill was made so the people would be busy in the drill while the musashi charged out of the covered shipyard at full speed
dividednation44 9 months ago
@Slicksterzz comment spam much at least wait till someone else comments before posting another one it looks like videos have 1 sided conversations when you do this
thespaceboon101 9 months ago
They thought they spotted the american main battle fleet with fleet carriers, so the japanese used armor piercing shells. The ships were actually unarmored escort carriers and the shells went in one side and out the other side of the escort carriers.
sd906238 9 months ago
260 planes.... just think about this amount....Quite formiddable!
TheHockeyKeeper 11 months ago
There was no "3 hour fight".
It was 1 hour and 31minutes from 1st dive bomber attack until order "Abandon ship" was sounded.
And "her size remains unmatched" because nobody is stupid enough to build such totally useless dinosaur. Complete waste of money, metal, industrial capacity and human lives.
ssmusic214 1 year ago
Yakuza, re: "Glory on Japan, for all times." Anyone, of any nationality, interested in WWII naval warfare in the Pacific is urged to read "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by the late Tamechi Hara, who served widely and with distinction in the IJN throughout the war. Very revealing look into the inner workings of the IJN by one of its foremost commanders and celebrated veterans. Destroyers were a crucial weapon for the IJN. Hara helped develop that force's deadly "long lance" torpedo and doctrine.
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 Sounds good. Where can I find it?
USSWISCONSIN64 11 months ago
@USSWISCONSIN64; Try Amazon, if not there, a rare book dealer should have it. It was originally published in 1960 or so, and reprinted afterwards in English, if memory serves me correctly.
GeorgiaBoy1961 11 months ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 thanks. :) I'll look it up.
USSWISCONSIN64 11 months ago
"It would've liked to see the big ones one on one..." So would the battleship admirals in both the USN and IJN. It is ironic that the most modern battleships in the Japanese navy didn't fire their guns in anger at other capital ships, and were sunk by aircraft. The last BB on BB engagement was at the Battle of Surigao Strait, when the task force of RA Jesse Oldendorf bested a force led by Adm. Nishimura. Yakuza7284, the IJN were formidable opponents - my father told me as much, a WWII veteran.
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
"Just Yamato vs Iowa, by day, if they could see each other, Iowa would be sunk, Yamato had better guns and heavier armour..." An Iowa class BB would have offered a very tough fire to Yamato, even head-to-head. Why? Better fire control, superior radar, and better damage control. An Iowa would also be more maneuverable, which would be very important in a battleship engagement. The Yamato would have an edge in use of torpedoes, since U.S. battlewagons generally didn't train in their use.
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961
Yamato didn't carry torpedoes. Those were for destroyers & cruisers.
Slicksterzz 10 months ago
"The Bismarck is shit. It managed to sink a Battlecruiser with no armour protection, and yet it was crippled by a single Fairey Swordfish torpedo plane." Not so fast, Exilninja... Yamato and Bismark were both extremely formidible vessels, well-constructed, tough and well-armed. The Bismark was scuttled, even after all the punishment she took. Any ship could be crippled by a rudder hit. Yamato was very tough; eight bombs and eleven torpedoes to sink her. I'd pick Yamato in a fight, though...
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
Bismark versus Yamato would probably come down to tactical considerations, i.e. local conditions affecting the battle such as visibility, weather, who sighted who first and managed to bring accurate fire to bear first, damage control, whether or not torpedoes could be launched, use of scout aircraft, and so on. In practice, no capital ship of this size would be out alone - they would have a protective screen of destroyers, cruisers, perhaps also carriers and subs if at all possible.
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
damn they mostly show Nagato in this video, rather than Yamato!!
musardus 1 year ago
@musardus
Yeah, probably due to the lack of Yamato clips.
anonymusum 1 year ago
sounds like mike rowe
alcapone796 1 year ago
@alcapone796
You know... it kinda does.
Testement117 1 year ago
@alcapone796
You know... it kinda does.
Testement117 1 year ago
The Yamato vs Bismark... Which would win?
Gonzoidzz 1 year ago
From nearly all points of view, Yamato. Not only were her guns larger and much, much more powerful than Bismarcks, her armour belt was 16 inches thick, 27 inches on the gun turrets, and 9 inch deck armor, which is compared to Bismarcks 13 inch armor belt, a 14inch turret armor , and 4.4 inch deck armour. If you then do some calculations, Yamato would be capable of inflicting MASSIVE damage on Bismarck with plunging AND direct fire with her 18.1 inch guns.
Exilninja 1 year ago
Furthermore, the 18.1 inch guns would easily penetrate Bismarck's side and deck armour, inflicting heavy damage, while Bismarck would not be able to penetrate Yamato's side armour for quite a long period of time, her deck armour and gun turrets could also withstand the punishment. Once at closer ranges, as in naval battles, ships tend to get closer to each other, Yamato would be at yet another advantage with her massive secondary batteries of 6 and 3.9 inch guns. Really, no comparison
Exilninja 1 year ago
@Exilninja
Didn't Bismark have the better engineered main guns, electrics and hydraulics? Meaning more accuracy and rapid fire ( 3 rounds a minute each gun) Plus the ship was 4 knots quicker.
Gonzoidzz 1 year ago
@Gonzoidzz
Yamato also had quite good accuracy, e.g it hit the USS Gambier Bay and the USS Hoel OTH, and if by accuracy you mean when it hit the Hood with two 15 inch shells and split it, they were extremely lucky shots. If it had not hit the 5 inch gun magazine Hood would have fought on.
Exilninja 1 year ago
@Exilninja the bismark was the one which destroyed the hood mate. not the yamato. They never met on the field of battle.
liamdudeeee 1 year ago
@liamdudeeee
Shut up retard, I have a GCSE in History, dont fucking say stupid, obvious shit like that to people. I was on about the fucking Bismarck, if you used your useless 10 year old brain maybe youd have figured that out.
Exilninja 1 year ago
@Exilninja Wow chill the fuck out. A simple mistake made because i didnt want to read the fucking essay you have been writing on here. perhaps you should use your exclusive GCSE History grade to look up some good mental institutes you book yourself into? FYI i have a GCSE History grade aswell. Just about everyone in britain does. Your not special and announcing that you have that grade doesnt make you a historical genius. If you had a history A-level that would be worth mentioning.
liamdudeeee 1 year ago
@liamdudeeee
My specialist subject is WWII dick ive been researching it since I was 11. Im not even going to continue this.
Exilninja 1 year ago
Note by the facrt I said "15 INCH GUNS", since when did Yamato have 15 inch guns?
Exilninja 1 year ago
It should be 18.1 inch main guns x 9
Gangnir13 1 year ago
@Gonzoidzz The Yamato had very poor fire control. 18.1" shells mean nothing if you can't aim them. The Bismark on paper would have destroyed the Yamato had they ever met.
lander4545 1 year ago
@lander4545: There's no way to game that scenario out. The Bismark was built to German engineering standards, and was very tough - but the IJN Yamato was extremely heavily armored and the Japanese were much more proficient in torpedo tactics from capital ships than the Kreigsmarine were. They were roughly comparable in radar; the Germans might have had an edge in fire control optics. The USN made the mistake of underestimating the the IJN and paid for it early in the war.
GeorgiaBoy1961 1 year ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 It wasn't underestimating the IJN that hurt the U.S. Navy early in the war it was the attack on Pearl Harbor and the loss of war ships that hurt them. After that the U.S. Navy always had superior communications intelligence; the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 4-8 1942 which was basically a draw but was also the first time the IJN had been halted in there tracks and the Battle of Midway from June 4-7 1942 which was a clear victory for American forces proved it.
lander4545 1 year ago
@lander4545 I understand the IJN had good fire control and early engagements with the U.S./Australian/British navies testifie to that. What was the Bismarcks firing range? I think I would rather be on the Yamato if an engagement broke out between the two
enchilada01 11 months ago
@enchilada01 Check the facts and you'll find that the Yamato had some of the poorest fire control systems of the day.
lander4545 11 months ago
@lander4545 I still would bet my check on the Yamato. Early egagements with Australian,British and American fleets against the Japanese navy showed that the Japanese had respectable and effective firepower, cheers!
enchilada01 11 months ago
@enchilada01 Please do the research and you'll find out otherwise. Mostly the Yamato was nothing more than national pride and folklore.
lander4545 11 months ago
@lander4545 K, I will,thanx. Unfortunately all the research would be in vain because we will never know what would happen in a real scenario. No matter what equipment would be on board, battles also include luck,cheers!
enchilada01 11 months ago
@enchilada01 Computer modeling is the way of the world now. :)
lander4545 11 months ago
@lander4545 LOL!
enchilada01 11 months ago
@lander4545 Yamato turned out to be totally useless dinosaur. Complete waste if money, metal, industrial capacity and human lives.
ssmusic214 11 months ago
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@ssmusic214 A wise man has spoken!
kentamitchell 9 months ago 2
@enchilada01 Then you would be dead
USExceptionalism 11 months ago
@USExceptionalism the bis was sunk earlier on in the war. Yamato's sister ship Musashi had some good battletime under her belt and did good, no reason to believe the yamato wouldn't. I still bet on the Yamato
enchilada01 11 months ago
@enchilada01 Really? Sunk at Leyte Gulf and in its entire servce carrer never sunk an enemy ship
USExceptionalism 11 months ago
@enchilada01 Both Yamato and Musashi actual service records are total disasters. Never justified even fraction of money and industrial capacity wasted on those dinosaurs.
ssmusic214 11 months ago
@ssmusic214 Well even the Bismark's record is very close. The Yamato and Musashi faced a greater foe than some Battleships as opponents like the Bis did. They where no match to those pesky mosquitoes from the USAF
enchilada01 11 months ago
@ssmusic214 you can blame that on the commanders, they wanted them to stay hidden as long as possible, tho IJN yamato sunk some destroyers and i think cruisers, plus a couple CVE's and shot something around 20+ aircraft before the refit which increased her AA to 250 guns. after that she took down another 10 aircraft.
dividednation44 9 months ago
@enchilada01
Musashi never fired its guns at another ship.
Slicksterzz 10 months ago
@enchilada01 Musashi NEVER been in battle against another ship. Sunk by US planes at the Battle of Sibuyan Sea.
ssmusic214 9 months ago
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too bad it was a piece of FUCKING SHIT, i'm not a nazi but i like the Bismack
screamsinfamous 1 year ago 2
@screamsinfamous
The Bismarck is shit. It managed to sink a Battlecruiser with no armour protection, and yet it ws crippled by a single Fairey Swordfish torpedo plane. The only reason people like the Bismarck is because it was the largest European battleship and the second largest until the commisioning of USS Iowa.
Exilninja 1 year ago
@Exilninja dude, it was the build by the Nazis, it will beat the yamato anyday.
screamsinfamous 1 year ago
@screamsinfamous
Let's put a Jap Zero up against an ME-262. lol. Or a King Tiger against whatever tractor the Japs had rolling about the Pacific. That said, I'm not sure Bismark vs Yamato would be similar.
Gonzoidzz 1 year ago
I'm watching this video listening to "Satriani - War"... orgasm...
HellPatrol92 1 year ago
You gotta love it! The only thing believe it or not !!! Is the fact that we have fuckers like Sand niggers? In America breaking codes?
letsgo1lasers 1 year ago
Glory on Japan, for all times.
Yakuza7284 1 year ago
Mike states that the Yamato was over 850 ft long and over 130 ft wide. According to Wikipedia the measurements are 839 ft 11 in. and 127 ft 7 in. I've always been a bit confused about the claim about "the biggest". Certainly the heaviest at roughly 26000 tons heavier than the iowa class. But, the iowa class was nearly 50 feet longer and only 19 feet narrower making them on average nearly the same physical size. Would have been cool to see the big ones get to slug it out!
guyinmorton 1 year ago
@guyinmorton The Iowa had a major advantage. It had a radar powered fire control computer. The Iowa could see ships on radar beyond visual range. It would fire, if it missed you could see the shell splashes on radar and adjust fire. The Yamato did not have this capability. Also the 16inch shell at those ranges are almost as strong as the 18inch shell. Plus the Iowa could maneuver significantly faster and fire on the move beyond visual range. I'd put my money on the Iowa.
WakingMajority 1 year ago
@WakingMajority I would also have put money on the Iowa's. My main point was more that so many people talk about how "massive and powerful" the Yamato was when in reality it really only had more guns and heavier armor. The technology and better balistics of the main guns would have evened things out.... But sizewise they were very close in dimensions. Yamato was not twice the size of anything else. Only twice the weight.
I was pretty impressed with the Bismark too. What a pounding it took!!
guyinmorton 1 year ago
@guyinmorton I think it would depend on the kind of battle they would fight. Just Yamato vs Iowa, by day, if they could see each other, Iowa would be sunk, Yamato had better guns and heavier armour, and she was not the heaviest of her class, actually Musashi was much heavier. There's no doubt that in the kind of war they had to fight Iowa was much more useful.
If you to talk about "the biggest" it would be hard to choose (263x39 vs 271x33 metres),if you talk about the heavies,thats Musashi
HellPatrol92 1 year ago
@HellPatrol92 I just watched a documentary on the battle of Leyte ("Dogfights" from History channel). It mentioned the Yamato also had radar?? I imagine it would depend on a number of factors... Day/night, weather, tactics and simple luck. Watching the documentary... The USS Johnston went up against the Yamato and her battle group alone, She was a destroyer escort, and faired quite well for a couple hours and did some damage or her own. It would've liked to see the big ones one on one...
guyinmorton 1 year ago
@guyinmorton They had radar by 1943, but it was very primitive compared to the US Navy. Early air warning. It also wasn't integrated into the fire control like the American and British BBs. The Iowas could fire thru a heavy smokescreen accurately. I've seen that episode of dogfights. Its a good example of how completely useless the Yamato was. Capt. Evans was a badass.
WakingMajority 1 year ago
US lies,
Everything from Atomic Bomb's aim which they simply just wanted to test nuclear and chose Japan, The pearl harbor incident never happened, they made bunch of lie story of Japan History, Japan is now just being silent of every noises from brainwashed Koreans and Chinese. look "Secret history of Atomic Bomb" for reference.
The 9-11 tragedy is set up by US Govt'.
Setup for an opportunity to invade Afghanistan, and now they're also doing the same style to Iraq.
Now Russia will give help.
USFullOfLies 1 year ago
@USFullOfLies not only that, don't you realize that this reality is just a construct of the matrix and they we're all just living in a virtual world. so what you perceive based on your senses aren't real, they're technologically altered and manipulated. so what we know is real isn't really real.
Tenzinpelha 1 year ago
@USFullOfLies You'll be o.k. as soon as the fog clears!
lander4545 1 year ago
its funny how they make fun of battleships "uneeded,easly beaten at sea" the only way to stop a battleship is to OVERWHELEM IT thats right easly beaten my ass
MagicpotatoAus 1 year ago
Right... i had to repost... there are alot of misguided people on here...
now i read that submariners are cowards or dishonourable... but think about this for a minute... i bet none of you have been in "battle" and i dont mean the class bully chukin a rubber at your head -.-'!!!
so when people fight in a safer way than others get called cowards?
he who starts the fight is the coward... for he is not content with peace... so they fight, and make others have to defend themselves. thats cowardice!
10footmonkey 1 year ago
cowardly end?... people still died...
see that plane it shot down into flames... imagine being that pilot flying at the yamato's 150 machine guns plus aa
then you get hit... dude fuck that... would you rather waste many many more sailors and have them die horrible deaths not all blown up but many freezing and drowning in the sea.... your a wierd person EXILNINJA and ZERGMON i bet your not even adults....
10footmonkey 1 year ago
Is that Ole Mike Rowe commontating?
DaManzMoney 1 year ago
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most beautiful ship ever built.
tokman20 1 year ago
PLEASEW TELL THE NAME OF THE MUSIC IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE: THANK YOU I DONT MEAN INDICATIVE
MrBathelemont 1 year ago
PLEASEW TELL THE NAME OF THE MUSIC IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE: THANK YOU
MrBathelemont 1 year ago
Admiral: The Yamato has been sighted, send battleships to engage!
Vice Admiral: That's not a good idea sir, we cant let our battleships to face THAT!
Admiral: then send in the Iowa Battleships!
Vice Admiral: That's also a bad idea sir, we cant send our Iowa's to face THAT!
Admiral: GOD DAMN IT, send 350 planes, if they want to call us chickens that's fine with me just sink THAT thing!!!
Vice Admiral: you heard the chicken, send 350 planes!!!
zergmon9999 1 year ago
@zergmon9999
lol. agreed. A highly cowardly end to a mighty ship.
Exilninja 1 year ago
@zergmon9999 Is this something they really said or you just made up the conversation?
HellPatrol92 1 year ago
with all that fire power and supremacy i expected them to shot out shells that transformed into giant robots and wrecked hack.
i guess theyre saving those for later. lol
ozzyismyhomeboy 1 year ago
Man.. I love ships in general, and it pains me to see them sink.. all those hands lost, no matter what country. It's a reason I hold disdain for submariners-especially the u-boaters that sank so many convoys (it's cowardly. At least against planes, there is still SOME fair element to fight back imo). I love old transatlantic liners, but also admire ships like Yamato. May she rest in peace in the depths below. ..Yes, an American.
Aku666Torres 1 year ago
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ManilaJohn01 1 year ago
Just for the record; when Yamato was laid down in November of 1937, Japan was not in violation of any existing naval treaty- and the design work on Yamato did not violate the Washington or London Naval Treaties. The design specifications and construction of the Yamatos was kept as much of a secret as possible because the Japanese wished to retain a qualitive edge over their likely opponents in any naval war- the U.S.N. and R.N.
ManilaJohn01 1 year ago
the yamato was not built to intimidate. she was a developmental evolution of the fast battleship after the washington treaty. other countries already had super-battleships in the drawing board. the germans had h-44 weighing 120,000 tonnes with 8 20-inch guns. the british had the lion class (a stronger vanguard.) the americans were ready to build the montana class (iowa class wtih another 3 16-inch guns.) in fact there was even a super-yamato being designed: 6 20-inch guns.
macbolan00 1 year ago
Lets see. Three minutes of film, and just two actual photos of Yamato. So all told, maybe five seconds of the actual ship, the rest filler which was really NOT Yamato in any shape manner or form. And for those ignorant of truth and fact, which seems common here by the comments made, Yamato was kept secret by the Japanese government because in all aspects of the ship (weight, gun size) she was in violation of treaties the Japanese had signed regarding battleship size.
TheMadNorsky 1 year ago
banzai japan
lordon18 1 year ago
The footage shown is of all different ships, almost none of it is of the Yamato.
Tomyak1 1 year ago
throughout that whole 3 minutes 21 seconds there was only 2 shots of the yamato, the rest were all shots of older bb like kirishima and haurna.
pramboy09 1 year ago
The Yamato was built too late,when the nature of naval warfare had already shifted from large naval ship battles to sky battles using planes, the Yamato knew it was on a suicide mission, it was only given enough fuel for a one way trip. It also had next to no aircraft escort.
Uuynu 1 year ago
@Uuynu The Japanese Empire held the Yamato to be a national treasure more than a weapon and never sent it for any battle, only when victory was bleak did they send it out... for a suicide mission.
ArcherAsher 1 year ago
@ArcherAsher Let's not convolute the truth now. The IJM knew that the Yamato was a massive failure before it was even finished but to have it be sunk would have been a tremendous slap to their ego. they didn't send the Yamato out for a suicide mission either, Their plan was to Beach the yamato and use it as an artillery platform but it was sunk before it could ever reach shore.
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
Check dogfight the battle of Leyte Gulf.
916ppl 1 year ago
thats what i'm gonna call japs from now on....." two times".....cuz your people got bitch slapped twice.....or "deuce"
jackngo2 1 year ago
twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jackngo2 1 year ago
lmfao...you stupid japs got atom bombed...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jackngo2 1 year ago
@jackngo2 mong!
eatthisvr6 1 year ago
It's never funny when hundreds of thousands of innocent people are killed. You don't joke about shit like that. Even if you ARE 13 years old.
Nurde 1 year ago
typical lazily made documentary rubbish. Half of the footage is either of the Nagato and Fuso class, pieces of war movies or Carrier battles.
HelmutVillam 1 year ago
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The US is so afraid to lose their Iowa Class Battleships so instead they sent 400 planes to sink Yamato, the shameful part for the US is this...They have the Iowa Class Battleships today as the No. 1 in the Top 10 Fighting ships of all time because they are cowards, they couldn't match Japan by Battleships so they sank the Yamato by Aircraft Carriers and 400 planes. I bet, the 4 Iowa Class Battleships vs Yamato, no doubt Yamato wins.
zergmon9999 1 year ago
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The US is so afraid to lose their Iowa Class Battleships so instead they sent 400 planes to sink Yamato, the shameful part for the US is this...They have the Iowa Class Battleships today as the No. 1 in the Top 10 Fighting ships of all time because they are cowards, they couldn't match Japan by Battleships so they sank the Yamato by Aircraft Carriers and 400 planes. I bet, the 4 Iowa Class Battleships vs Yamato, no doubt Yamato wins.
zergmon9999 1 year ago
It took the whole US Navy more than four hours to sink her!!!!
GrandFunker 1 year ago
@GrandFunker LOL! the 300 airplanes is not the entire US navy. Yamato and her armada were beaten by a small destroyed group which was for anti-submarine missions only. Yamato my a**. It was a wasted of valuable materials.
916ppl 1 year ago
@916ppl That's not what the History channel documentary said
GrandFunker 1 year ago
@GrandFunker
He's referring to the battle off Samar, in which a handful of destroyers, destroyers & escort carriers sent Yamato & the rest of Kurita's fleet running
Slicksterzz 10 months ago
@GrandFunker IT took the Japanese Several Days to sink the Hornet and the Hornet was just an aircraft carrier. 4 hours is a VERY short Battle in naval warfare.
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
@AcomsRazor1776 Maybe...but for ONE ship? battling against the whole US Navy?
GrandFunker 1 year ago
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@GrandFunker "the whole US Navy" It's is confirmed that there wee no more than 300 US planes at that battle. 300 Planes is no where near half the US Navy. Also the Yamato, though seriously lacking air support, was by no means alone. The sinking of the Yamato was a very personal goal. The US wanted to sink it not because it was a threat but because it would deal a major blow to the ego of the Japanese Navy
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
@GrandFunker there were 300 Planes at that battle. #00 planes isn't even half the pacific fleet much less the whole US navy. Also the Yamato was not alone it had several escort ships. Also despite having more anti aircraft guns than any other ship in existence it only shot down 10 planes.
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
@AcomsRazor1776 that's not what I heard...
GrandFunker 1 year ago
@AcomsRazor1776 the main problem was unlike all american carriers and battleships, the yamato had no aircover, that was fatal.
pramboy09 1 year ago
The battleship seen firing in that documentry was actually Nagato.
To the best of my knowledge there is NO moving film footage of Yamato or Musashi - only still photographs........................unless some old Japanese guy has something stashed away in his attic?
ToonandBBfan 1 year ago