Save the Yamato!

MorganThePirate · 11-02-07, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie
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Originally Posted by peewee
isn't the plural of Yamato, Yamati?

There is no common "plural" form in Japanese langauge, so "two Yamato" is most natural. It may be said Yamatoes in English, though.

The stress should be put on the first 'a,' thus 'Ya' is pronounced with accent, not "ma," if you would like to behave pedantic.

'You say Yamatoes'
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LIKE TOMATOES......:rotfl:

Like their German counterpart, the Tirpitz, Yamato and Musashi made little direct impact during the war. The Musashi did not engage any Allied battleships during the war, yet the Yamato did have limited success when in October 1944 she opened fire on US escort carriers and destroyers. It was the first and last of her battles with enemy ships. She fired a total 104 rounds of 46cm projectiles as a result of which one escort carrier and one destroyer were sunk.
Both Yamato and Musashi were sunk by the bane of capital warships: overwhelming air power. Musashi was sunk by repeated aerial attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944. After being hit by an estimated 17 torpedoes and 20 bombs, she went down with 1,700 of her 2,400 man crew.
The end of Yamato was even less glorious. Having seen little action during the previous four years (She served as Yamamoto's flagship during the Midway operation, as well as the action off Samar on 25 October 1944) she was sent on a planned suicide mission against the U.S. Navy forces massing for the attack on Okinawa. On April 7, 1945 she was hit by successive waves of US carrier based aircraft and sank after absorbing 8 bombs and at least 13 torpedo hits. Fewer than 300 out of 3332 crew onboard survived. RIP

11-02-07, 12:21 PM	#29
MorganThePirate Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On battle stations in sunny AZ Posts: 54 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Quote: Originally Posted by jimmie Quote: Originally Posted by peewee isn't the plural of Yamato, Yamati? There is no common "plural" form in Japanese langauge, so "two Yamato" is most natural. It may be said Yamatoes in English, though. The stress should be put on the first 'a,' thus 'Ya' is pronounced with accent, not "ma," if you would like to behave pedantic. 'You say Yamatoes' __________________ LIKE TOMATOES......:rotfl: Like their German counterpart, the Tirpitz, Yamato and Musashi made little direct impact during the war. The Musashi did not engage any Allied battleships during the war, yet the Yamato did have limited success when in October 1944 she opened fire on US escort carriers and destroyers. It was the first and last of her battles with enemy ships. She fired a total 104 rounds of 46cm projectiles as a result of which one escort carrier and one destroyer were sunk. Both Yamato and Musashi were sunk by the bane of capital warships: overwhelming air power. Musashi was sunk by repeated aerial attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944. After being hit by an estimated 17 torpedoes and 20 bombs, she went down with 1,700 of her 2,400 man crew. The end of Yamato was even less glorious. Having seen little action during the previous four years (She served as Yamamoto's flagship during the Midway operation, as well as the action off Samar on 25 October 1944) she was sent on a planned suicide mission against the U.S. Navy forces massing for the attack on Okinawa. On April 7, 1945 she was hit by successive waves of US carrier based aircraft and sank after absorbing 8 bombs and at least 13 torpedo hits. Fewer than 300 out of 3332 crew onboard survived. RIP Last edited by MorganThePirate; 11-02-07 at 12:34 PM.