Once the mighty and highly visible “big hammer” of the US Navy, the big battleships that were brought out of mothballs and ...

Launched in 1940 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), the battleship Yamato stands as the largest battleship ever built—and one of the most iconic and formidable warships ever ...

“Historical records related to the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Yamato ... the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in ... U.S. archives of the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy was released in Japan on May 12.

A memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy's battleship Yamato was held in the city of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday.