Yamato 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	Battleship Yamato underway in the Bungo Channel between the Inland Sea and Philippine Sea, 20 Oct 1941	Battleship Yamato underway in Sukumo Bay, Japan, 30 Oct 1941	Yamato on trials, 30 Oct 1941

Battleship Yamato running sea trials, circa late 1941	Yamato underway, circa late 1941	Stern of Yamato, 1940s	Combined Fleet Headquarters staff on board battleship Yamato, Kure, Japan, 10 Feb 1942; note Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and Commander-in-Chief Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto at center

Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai at Truk, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1942; note battleship Yamato in background	Yamato resting at anchor in Truk, Caroline Islands, 1943	Battleships Musashi (foreground) and Yamato (background) at Truk, Caroline Islands, Feb-May 1943	Yamato turning at 27 knots, 1940s

Musashi, Yamato, a cruiser, and Nagato at Brunei, Borneo, 21 Oct 1944	Musashi, Yamato, Mogami, and Nagato in Brunei Bay, Oct 1944	Japanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay for the Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944	Battleship Yamato or Musashi and two heavy cruisers maneuvering while under attack by US Navy aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

Battleship Yamato under attack during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2	Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2