Save the Yamato! - Page 4

79TransAm · 04-16-07, 10:41 AM

Imangine what the Yamato could have done in the hands of American or German sailors. If Japan had properly used Yamato and her sister ship they would have been a powerful force

SteamWake · 04-16-07, 11:05 AM

If you saw the special on Disc Channel, The Yamato turned and ran from the very battle she was built for.

She deserves a good spanking.

Steeltrap · 04-16-07, 11:19 AM

I don't believe that 6 torp salvo would sink (or even stop) the Yamato. Sure, Archerfish did Shinano, but she was incomplete with a poorly trained crew.

I like the piece of trivia that an individual main turret assembly of the Yamato weighed as much as a fleet DD!

SteamWake · 04-16-07, 11:50 AM

If I remember correctly it took over 20 1,000 bombs and 12 Mk14 torpedos to bring her down.

Those were just the ones that actually hit.

Even then she dident "sink" untill her powder keg lit up. Though she was laying on her side.

Baracuda · 04-16-07, 01:41 PM

This is interesting, although in history only two were built, in SH4 the more the merrier
SAVE THE IRON BEAST!

cruiser2132 · 11-01-07, 11:08 PM

She certainly deserves protection. If snails and minnows must be protected, surely the ginormous (yet vulnerable) steel beast must be, too.

Reaves · 11-02-07, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by cruiser2132

She certainly deserves protection. If snails and minnows must be protected, surely the ginormous (yet vulnerable) steel beast must be, too.

Done a bit of reading today ey?

Torplexed · 11-02-07, 01:46 AM

Wow. This thread was deeper than the Yamato and someone dredged it up.

By the way here's a diorama put together by some Japanese divers of what the Yamato looks like today on the bottom of the South China Sea based on photos and soundings done in 1999. Imagine taking a plastic model of the ship and stuffing it with M-80 firecrackers. (Her magazines detonated on the way down.) Absolutely shredded.

Torplexed · 11-02-07, 01:51 AM

The diorama from another angle.

SteamWake · 11-02-07, 10:04 AM

Wow the Yamto (thread) resurfaces !

Pretty cool pics there Torp. I'm pretty sure that took a hellua lot more work than stuffing a few fire crackers in it

hyperion2206 · 11-02-07, 11:46 AM

That's really a sad picture! I hate it when beautiful ships go down (Hood,Bismarck,Yamato etc.).

MorganThePirate · 11-02-07, 12:21 PM

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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

jazman · 11-02-07, 03:49 PM

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PEARL HARBOR!

....End of trnasmission.......

And I have 24 homeless orphans looking for a home. Please, won't you think of the children!

SteminDemon13 · 11-02-07, 10:03 PM

Yam Toe, Yamato, Tomato, Tow Mater

Are there any pictures on the Mushashi wreck? Is she worse off than the Yamato in that diorama?

Torplexed · 11-02-07, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SteminDemon13

Are there any pictures on the Mushashi wreck? Is she worse off than the Yamato in that diorama?

She hasn't been found that I'm aware of. I've heard some divers say it would be the crowning glory of their career to find and dive the wreck. The Musashi is capsized in 4,430 feet of water in the Visayan Sea. However, as happened with the initial search for the Bismarck her exact last position isn't known due to the chaos of battle. Since it's likely she's upside down, there probably isn't much of her to see except her rudder assembly, props and hull. Sounds like a job for Bob Ballard. He found the capsized wreck of the Japanese Kongo Class battleship Kirishima in Ironbottom Sound near Guadalcanal.

04-16-07, 10:41 AM	#46
79TransAm Bosun Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Imangine what the Yamato could have done in the hands of American or German sailors. If Japan had properly used Yamato and her sister ship they would have been a powerful force __________________ Jones

04-16-07, 11:50 AM	#49
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If I remember correctly it took over 20 1,000 bombs and 12 Mk14 torpedos to bring her down. Those were just the ones that actually hit. Even then she dident "sink" untill her powder keg lit up. Though she was laying on her side. Last edited by SteamWake; 04-16-07 at 02:19 PM.

11-02-07, 01:51 AM	#54
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The diorama from another angle. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

11-02-07, 11:46 AM	#56
hyperion2206 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	That's really a sad picture! I hate it when beautiful ships go down (Hood,Bismarck,Yamato etc.). __________________ Career of Captain Jack Shaftoe:

11-02-07, 12:21 PM	#57
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.

04-16-07, 11:05 AM	#47
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If you saw the special on Disc Channel, The Yamato turned and ran from the very battle she was built for. She deserves a good spanking.

04-16-07, 11:19 AM	#48
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I don't believe that 6 torp salvo would sink (or even stop) the Yamato. Sure, Archerfish did Shinano, but she was incomplete with a poorly trained crew. I like the piece of trivia that an individual main turret assembly of the Yamato weighed as much as a fleet DD!

04-16-07, 01:41 PM	#50
Baracuda Watch Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is interesting, although in history only two were built, in SH4 the more the merrier SAVE THE IRON BEAST!

11-01-07, 11:08 PM	#51
cruiser2132 Watch Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waco,TX, USA Posts: 17 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	She certainly deserves protection. If snails and minnows must be protected, surely the ginormous (yet vulnerable) steel beast must be, too.

11-02-07, 01:46 AM	#53
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wow. This thread was deeper than the Yamato and someone dredged it up. By the way here's a diorama put together by some Japanese divers of what the Yamato looks like today on the bottom of the South China Sea based on photos and soundings done in 1999. Imagine taking a plastic model of the ship and stuffing it with M-80 firecrackers. (Her magazines detonated on the way down.) Absolutely shredded.

11-02-07, 10:04 AM	#55
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wow the Yamto (thread) resurfaces ! Pretty cool pics there Torp. I'm pretty sure that took a hellua lot more work than stuffing a few fire crackers in it

11-02-07, 10:03 PM	#59
SteminDemon13 Sparky Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yam Toe, Yamato, Tomato, Tow Mater Are there any pictures on the Mushashi wreck? Is she worse off than the Yamato in that diorama?