The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

When the United States and its allies entered World War II, the Iowa-class battleship ... which would have produced the largest battleships in America's arsenal, the Japanese sneak attack at ...

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... down American torpedo bombers”, the WW2 Database website says.

Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever ... throughout the European Theater of World War II. The Tirpitz had up to 320 mm of steel and ...

The book concludes with an interesting chapter comparing the Littorio Class with battleships of other nations at the time. An important work for anyone interested in warship design, the naval side of ...