The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago.

On 7th April, TF 58 (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher) attacks Japanese First Diversion Attack Force, formed around battleship Yamato, moving through East China Sea toward Okinawa. damage destroyers Suzutsuki Hatsushimo, Yukikaze, and Fuyuzuki in East China Sea.

Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Japan's main rival in the Pacific. She was laid down in 1937 and formally commissioned a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

2024年5月1日 · The Japanese battleship Yamato in the late stages of construction alongside of a large fitting out pontoon at the Kure Naval Base, Japan, 20 September 1941. The aircraft carrier Hōshō is visible at the extreme right.

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Yamato was largely ignored by U.S. Navy warships and instead concentrated their attacks against other warships and succeeded in sinking Musashi flagship of the operation. On October 24, 1944 at 8:10am three enemy scout planes are spotted.

2016年10月4日 · The clearest and most detailed footage of the WW2 Japanese battleship Yamato is now on display at the Kure Maritime Museum, commonly referred to as the Yamato Museum. The giant vessel was sunk 200 km off the coast of Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 7, 1945, on their way to Okinawa on a suicide mission.

2024年10月22日 · The Yamato, now a legendary battleship and a testament to Japan’s naval prowess, lies buried in the depths of the East China Sea. In this article, we’ve explored the current situation of the Yamato wreck and provided answers to related questions.

Shinano was sunk by the submarine USS Archerfish on November 28, 1944. The other ship, the Musashi, was built as a battleship like the Yamato and she was also sunk by carrier warplanes in the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, part of the four separate …

1985年8月4日 · TOKYO — A salvage team announced Saturday that wreckage found in the East China Sea is that of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato, sunk in 1945 while on a desperate mission to try to...

The wreck lies 290 kilometres (180 mi) southeast of Kyushu under 340 metres (1,120 ft) of water in two main pieces; a bow section comprising the front two thirds of the ship, and a separate stern section.