In this companion Web site to the NOVA program Sinking the Supership, view an interactive anatomy of the battleship Yamato, read eyewitness accounts if its final hours, see a slide show of its ...

On April 7, 1945, the battleship Yamato, the pride of Japan's navy, succumbed to American airpower in the Pacific. A cataclysmic series of explosions tore the massive ship in half and sent her to ...

Episode 1 of the program tells the story of how the World War II Battleship Yamato is lifted from the sea and relaunched as a spaceship a la Star Trek.

Jun 10, 2020 · evidence of how the "yamato" became the greatest battleship ever built is being uncovered by archaeologist tony pollard on a japanese island only 20 miles from the city of hiroshima.

Oct 4, 2005 · Now, over half a century after her sinking, a modern team of divers sets out to learn the secrets of the super battleship Yamato, the greatest ship of the Second World War.

Anatomy of Yamato See what made the ship both seemingly unsinkable and highly vulnerable to attack. Yamato's Final Voyage Relive the super battleship's last moments in photographs.

The Imperial Japanese Navy intended Yamato and a class of sister ships to be the greatest battleships of all—with more powerful guns, advanced optics, and impenetrable armor.

Anatomy of Yamato See what made the ship both seemingly unsinkable and highly vulnerable to attack. Yamato's Final Voyage Relive the super battleship's last moments in photographs.

Anatomy of Yamato See what made the ship both seemingly unsinkable and highly vulnerable to attack. Yamato's Final Voyage Relive the super battleship's last moments in photographs.

Oct 4, 2005 · As waves of kamikazes took to the sky to defend the island, Yamato was ordered to sea on a mission to emulate the suicide planes and take out as many American ships as possible.