Yamato |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Kure Navy Yard Kure, Japan |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
March 1937 |
Commissioned: |
December 16, 1941 |
Keel Laid: |
November 4, 1937 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
August 8, 1940 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sunk Apr. 7, 1945 by US carrier aircraft (bombs and torpedoes). |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 13, 2008 |