The 72,000-Ton Battleship Yamato’s 18-Inch Shells Punched Through US Navy Destroyer Escorts Without Exploding at Samar in 1944. They Were Armor-Piercing Rounds Meant for Battleships

The 72,000-Ton Battleship Yamato’s 18-Inch Shells Punched Through US Navy Destroyer Escorts Without Exploding at Samar in 1944. They Were Armor-Piercing Rounds Meant for Battleships

On October 25, 1944, off Samar, six US escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts of Taffy 3 ran into four Japanese battleships, including the 72,000-ton Yamato, plus eight cruisers and 11 destroyers.