I've been to Kure (near Hiroshima), the Yamato's home port. They have got a model there you wouldn't believe! Each crewman stands around 6 inches (15 cm)tall, it's three stories high and over 30 meters (c100 feet) long. Truly amazing museum with the specs of all the ships built in the Kure dockyards, photos and an intact Zero fighter as well.
Unfortunately not much in the way of translations-you'll need some help if you can't read kanji!
PS Kure sounds like " Ku Ray"
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