Yamato Battleship

The Japanse battleship Yamato was the world`s biggest battleship

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[EntropicMisanthropic]

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]

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.

[Estonian4life]

war is a terrible thing... violence never solves anything - that's a fact!

[deltabtry]

@transonicbuoy You would be correct...

[transonicbuoy]

"Allies"sank her. No. Just the US Navy.

[osalcido85]

@commybuster Guess again.... US ships had a huge advantage in training, fire control systems, fire supression techniques, etc.

[commybuster]

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.

[libertylagrana]

@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

[DanSVT03]

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.