Yamato-class Photographs | World War II Database

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Battleship Yamato fitting out, Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, Sep 1941; light carrier Hosho at extreme right	Yamato on trials, 30 Oct 1941, photo 1 of 4	Yamato on trials, 30 Oct 1941, photo 2 of 4	Yamato on trials, 30 Oct 1941, photo 3 of 4

Yamato on trials, 30 Oct 1941, photo 4 of 4	Battleship Yamato underway, circa late 1941, photo 1 of 2	Battleship Yamato underway, circa late 1941, photo 2 of 2	Musashi's conning tower and main turret, date unknown

Officers aboard the Yamato in 1942, with Admiral Yamamoto 6th in front row	Stern of Yamato, 1940s	View of Musashi from her bow, circa 1942	View of Musashi's fantail from her funnel, 1942

Musashi and her crew on forward deck, Jun 1942	Battleship Musashi's superstructure during its trials between Tokuyama and Kure, Japan, Jun-Jul 1942	Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai at Truk, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1942; note battleship Yamato in background	Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome (first row, 3rd from left) and Admiral Mineichi Koga (first row, 4th from left), probably aboard battleship Musashi, 1943-1944

Yamato resting at anchor in Truk, Caroline Islands, 1943	Battleships Musashi (foreground) and Yamato (background) at Truk, Caroline Islands, May 1943	The ashes of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto arriving at Kisarazu, Japan aboard battleship Musashi, 23 May 1943	Emperor Showa (Hirohito; front center) with Japanese Navy officers aboard Musashi, off Yokosuka, Japan, 24 Jun 1943; Musashi was carrying the remains of Isoroku Yamamoto