After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, ...

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War II. In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a single ...

Dive into the gripping tale of valor and strategy as we recount the daring efforts of WW2 US pilots who faced off against a ...

A-150: Did Japan Really Consider Building a Warship Larger Than Yamato? – Today, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has become the largest naval force in the world, a fact that is of great ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The names of Japanese sailors who went down with the Yamato — once the largest battleship afloat during World War II — will be added to a memorial commemorating the Battle of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – The Government of Japan has recently awarded the Battleship Missouri Memorial’s president the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. President and Chief Executive ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...