Japanese battleship Yamato
YAMATO-CLASS BATTLESHIP
HIJMS Yamato; Japanese battleship yamato; Battleship Yamato; Yamato (Japanese battleship); Yamato battleship
was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship, , were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes at full load and armed with nine Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship.