Yamato

[Stoney74]

Originally posted by Karnak
So far as I can tell, Japan had four battleships.

Nagato survived the war and was expended at Bikini.
Mutsu was destroyed by an ammo explosion while in harbor.
Yamato was destroyed by air attack.
Musashi was destroyed by air attack.


The rest of Japan's battleships seem more like battlecruisers to me.

You could also make that same argument for the U.S. "battleships" at the beginning of the war, i.e. Nevada class, Maryland class, etc.

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Nevada class
Displacement: 27,500 tons
Armament: 10 × 14 in (356 mm) (2x3, 2x2), 21 × 5 in (127 mm) (21x1), 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Speed: 20 knots
Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma
Commissioned: both in 1916
Fate: Nevada sunk as target 1948; Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941, raised and stripped of salvagable parts, sunk in route to scrapping 1947

[DiabloTX]

Originally posted by Shifty
Wasn't some of the older class BB's, or BC's as you call them like the Ise and Fuso, actually bulit by the British in the early 1900s? It seems I read that somewhere once and you're the guy to ask.

 
Even at the battle of Midway what the japanese called the "Main Body" of their strike fleet was made up of BB's and CA's. They still planned to finish the US fleet off with their big guns after the CV's and weakened them some. I really think even Yammamoto wasn't completely convinced the CV was true naval power until afetr Midway.

Shifty, read the book in my signature and then tell me what you think.  It's a very revealing book into Yamamoto's feelings on alot of things just before WWII.

[Sting138]

Originally posted by FiLtH
But would it be able to go into space? Like the real Yamato I mean.

lol you mean this one? If only one country had this there would be no contest! Give it to nits! MUHAHAHA

BTW That was a great cartoon series. (Star Blazers)

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OMFG!