Japan Built A Fleet of 70,000 Ton WWII Battleships (Bigger Than U.S. Navy Iowa-Class). They Were All Sunk.

Japan Built A Fleet of 70,000 Ton WWII Battleships (Bigger Than U.S. Navy Iowa-Class). They Were All Sunk.

The Yamato-Class Battleships Were Completely Destroyed During WWII: The Musashi was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships for the Imperial Navy of Japan. The Yamato and Musashi, whose hulls were laid down in November 1937 and April 1938, were completed as designed. A third hull, laid down in 1940, was converted to the aircraft carrier Shinano during construction. Displacing nearly 72,000 long tons at full load, the completed battleships w…