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The 2 damaged were Yamato/Musashi with 2 each (Yamato took over 10 air-dropped fish, plus bombs to sink).




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The problem with the Yamato was that the dammage was done on both sides

from wikki :
Mushashi :

During this battle on 24 October 1944, she was attacked in the Sibuyan Sea, just off the southeast tip of Luzon, by American carrier-based aircraft: first at 10:27 AM by eight SB2C Helldiver dive bombers from the USS Intrepid armed with 500-lb (227 kg) bombs. Wave after wave of American aircraft from the USS Intrepid, Essex, Franklin, and Lexington scored 17 bomb and 20 torpedo hits on her, and 18 near misses. Most of the ship's destruction was due to Air Group 15.[citation needed] This battle was the only time that Musashi had fired her guns in anger, using the San Shiki ("Beehive") Model 13 anti-aircraft shell.[2]
The Musashi capsized to port, and sank at 7:25 PM on 24 October, taking more than 1,000 of her 2,399 crew with her; 1376 of the crew were rescued by the destroyers Kiyoshimo and Shimakaze. The wreck of Musashi is believed to be at 13° 07' 01" North, 122° 31' 59" East, off the Bondoc Peninsula, in 1,350 meters (4,429 ft) of water.

Yamato and nine other Japanese warships embarked from Japan on a deliberate suicide attack against Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. Dubbed Operation Ten-Go, the plan called for Yamato and her escorts to attack the U.S. fleet supporting the U.S. troops landing on the west of the island. The ships were to fight their way to Okinawa and then beach themselves between Higashi and Yomitan and fight as shore batteries until they were destroyed. The surviving crew members were then supposed to fight U.S. forces on land. On April 7, 1945, Yamato was hit by successive waves of U.S. carrier-based aircraft and sank after absorbing 15 bombs and at least 13 torpedo hits. Fewer than 300 out of 3,332 crewmen survived.

from : http://www.grossepointenews.com/Arti...o_sinking.html

We then started rendezvousing with the rest of our planes. I was watching the Yamato out of my starboard window. She was smoking and listing to starboard. I then realized my torpedo had hit the Yamato under its armor plate and had done significant damage. As I watched, the Yamato suddenly flipped over on its side. She laid there a few seconds and then blew up like a huge firecracker. We were approximately 3,000 feet altitude at that time. I estimated that the debris from the explosion equaled our altitude.

the problem was Musashi was attacked from both sides, thus evening the blows, where Yamato was hit more on one side if I remember correctly.

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