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Originally Posted by jdkbph
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
As for battleships, while Yamato was not involved in any battles...
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She was actually. Leyte Gulf. Yamato was part of Kurita's northern pincer movement through the San Bernadino Strait which engaged units of the 7th Fleet (Taffy 3) off Samar.
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This is only partially correct, She was retreating from Torpedoes most of the fight and only managed to engage a couple of CVEs, Which was when they discovered that the 18.1" Armor-Piercing Shells passed right through the unarmored flight deck and just holed the ship without exploding