I think Yamato was far ahead of its time in both design and architecture. Yamato suffered enormous punishment from US aircraft and finally went down to her final grave, the ocean floor but Bismarck? It never gave me that gigantic look of a BB but thinking of her final battle, how she had been shelled at to death and still managing to stay afloat is a miracle. I was really shocked when the documentary "Expedition Bismarck" revealed that it was sunk not by British shells or torpedoes, but by her own crew's scuttling her. Yamato or Bismarck? Still can't decide, but i'm certain on one thing, Arizona is just like a joke when compared to the other two.
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