R.I.P Yamato
 

On this day April 7 1945. the great Battleship Yamato was sunk during Operation Ten-Go.

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ship explodes

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Only 280 of the Yamato 2,778-man crew were rescued from the sinking ship. may th 2498 souls R.I.P.

Thanks for the reminder. I've read Hara's book; he gives a great front-row-seat description.

Hey I was some minutes ago reading about Yamato in Wikipedia and missed completely the aniversary :dead: No wonder my wife gets mad when I forget her birthday or our own wedding aniversary :damn: (A capital sin if you are about to preserve your marriage, didn't you know?)

Anyway...beautiful ship, I have been inloved with battleships long before falling inlove with submarines. Too bad her hour came in a time when the battleship was no longer the dominant vessel in the oceans. Without them even knowing it, they were at the time of WW2 only floating bodies, waiting for their flying executor to appear. :nope:

http://apike.ca/images/japan/kure/ya...to-museum1.jpg
how te yamato looks currently
http://www.warship.get.net.pl/Japoni...diorama_01.jpg

http://www.warship.get.net.pl/Japoni...o_wreck_03.jpg

http://www.bismarck-class.dk/miscell..._yamato_04.jpg