End of the Yamato

[@abielgabriel7095]

Update: its 11 years, its still a legend of a video, and *the only vid in this guys account.* nothing wrong with those :)

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Ahhh thanks. I had other videos, but they seem cringy to me now, so I unlisted them.

[@cazeart7447]

@@SwordsmanMercenary what's your other yt channel, I'd love to watch your new videos

[@GrimLock0027]

R.I.P to the Legend. You had a very great journey to show the world how powerful you are and show everything you had.

[@jthejedigaming8303]

Who would win? The world biggest battleship ever built, made to withstand tons of punishment before sinking Or *some wanna be birds with bombs*

[@bruhproduction6614]

Stalingrad is larger than yamato

[@DustPlayz1]

If y’all did not no Iowa is stinger than Yamato

[@DustPlayz1]

I mean stronger

[@DustPlayz1]

Grosser Kurfürst is the biggest ship in the world and midway and Montana are bigger than Yamato but not grower kurfurst

[@blurredputin1755]

@@DustPlayz1 bro grosser kurfurst (ww2) one isn’t even real and by far Yamato was the biggest battleship in existence

[@Astrylisia]

Damn the memories I watched this like back then several years ago

[@a.p.e.x3195]

Saaaame

[@a.p.e.x3195]

I will be 100% honest, i recreated this scene with a bunch of rc planes i made, and a model of the Yamato. YOU BET YO ASS I WAS BLASTING THR MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO ON SPEAKERS

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Oh hell yeah man! I wish you had video of that!

[@a.p.e.x3195]

@@SwordsmanMercenaryim in the process of attempting to do it again. I’ll link footage of my new attempt when its done.

[@Athony263]

After 8 years I came back here to watch this video

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

I'm glad you still love it

[@sydneymacaw2870]

OH MY GOSH THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *likes the video*

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Actually the music is credited in the end credits and description. Same for the footage from the documentary. I guess you don't pay much attention to your surroundings.

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

It's an instrumental piece, though there is a longer version with lyrics called Europa

[@rutchanon3709]

Update 12years,Can you please upload another video? I really like it.

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

SO glad you like it! I don't know if I'll do another video I tried doing more but I don't think I really have the patience for them.

[@carlobayani]

who would win the most powerful battleship ever built or some flying bois

[@thatoneguy9605]

Carlo Bayani orrr flying 🅱️ois with bomb as about 2 or 3x the size of a 1 year old that can do a lot of damage

[@sayhallo3769]

500 of them to be exact

[@amei_G80_BmwM3]

Well the era of battleships were over because of planes since the Bismarck sunk from biplanes, as well as better technology

[@alexius23]

USN sent, in waves, nearly 400 aircraft to attack the Ten Go Squadron. After the Hellcats & Corsairs realized there was no Japanese air cover they strafed the IJN anti-aircraft Gun crews. Some Corsair arrived with rockets to be even more lethal. Avenger torpedo bomber only attacked one side of the Yamato to make counter flooding even more challenging. In the end only 10 USN were shot. Some of those were caught up in the huge explosion as the Yamato began to sink.... After the battle some shot down air crew were picked up by PBY’s

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

12 shot down, 10 deaths. Vast majority of the losses were indeed from planes taken out by Yamato’s magazine going up

[@alexius23]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial totally agree

[@ai4865]

The movie was called "okoto-tachi no yamato in japan 2005 The ending is kinda bloody but i cried (a little bit) when yamato is about to sunk...

[@rolandramos6926]

Seijuro Akashi Its DOGFIGHTS

[@chriscangelosi9438]

the yamato had 100 anti aircraft guns but the young crew were not tested or seasoned vets, the u.s. planes kept coming in waves of 30. the ship didnt see any action in the war until its sinking, it was used as command center during the pearl harbor attacks but it was was safely away from allied guns and ships at 300 miles away.. during her sinking she was heading to okinwa in a last dich effort to stop the armerican invasion from reaching shore, the plan was to use her guns or try to ram some 1500 american ships there, but she never made it, once in the pacific ocean she was quickly spotted by allied spotter planes and the attach began she had no air support because all the japanesse carries were destroyed or damaged in the battle of midway, she had a esscort of 61 ships vs 6 us carries and their 400 air craft which only had one target, this was the end of the battleship erra as everyone realised how quickly she was destoryed by aircraft not other ships as she was intended and built for..

[@trollza21]

She wasn't going to ram the ships she was going to beach herself and become an unsinkable fortress against the US ships.

[@moo1shee]

The Yamato saw action in the battle of Leyte Gulf in October of 1944. She never dueled it out against other U.S. battleships, but she did with the small destroyers and destroyer escorts of Task Force Taffy who put up a ferocious fight against Admiral Kurita's Center Force.

[@rolandramos3720]

Inexperienced crew+a BIG ship = disaster 101

[@moo1shee]

Japan still had several potent aircraft carriers after the battle of Midway. Many of them were used in the battles off the Soloman Islands, and the battles in the Philippine Sea. The last of them were destroyed in the battle of Leyte Gulf in October of 1944 when Admiral Ozawa of the Northern Force lured Admiral Halsey into chasing him and leaving the Leyte beaches exposed. The biggest naval battle in history (Leyte Gulf) effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength.

[@larrykopp1166]

This is true. The leading Japanese Saburo Sakai in his book "Samurai" said the same thing. He said there were many pilots who failed training for this very reason and they sure could have used them, especially as the war dragged on.

[@leslygudiel6]

Nice vid dude

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Thank you!

[@noahmcdonald3566]

I like your videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

[@etherealrift6888]

1:23 such amazing realistic effects XD

[@HyperSonicX]

Well, as it would happen, I've done some research of my own, and found the Yamato was by far the heaviest, but the Iowa class was longer by 7 metres (23ft.). Also, battlecruiser Hood, sunk by Bismarck, was only 1 metre (3ft.) shorter than Yamato.

[@abielgabriel7095]

Aircraft Carriers have been ruling us for so long (along with destroyers, Cruisers, etc.) All the remaining battleship lie on the dock. Waiting to be used :(

[@loriclimie4883]

@@abielgabriel7095 a destroyer could defeat Yamato if it was modern battle ships are not able to compete with any modern ship

[@abielgabriel7095]

Ok i have another question, why didn’t they *scrap their remaining battle ships for the resources to make more modern stuff?* and yes im talking about the Iowa class

[@ryancarrier7597]

this was awsome! you just earned your self a suscriber

[@haileykosinski2316]

That's cool I love the music!

[@Rt_055_Official]

Taffy 3

[@leslygudiel6]

Me to!!

[@GamingBickle]

2022?

[@Cubixer_Cube]

SONG?🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Electric Romeo which is basically an instrumental cover of Globus Europa.

[@Cubixer_Cube]

Ok

[@Rt_055_Official]

A super battleship

[@rolandramos6926]

Nice job one the scene editing and n songs

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Thanks a bunch!

[@scorpionarthur]

The video is marked as not listed. perhaps by accident? Because it is really great and everyone should enjoy it! :D

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

You are correct, I had a moment of being ashamed of my attempts at AMV's

[@scorpionarthur]

@@SwordsmanMercenary Dont be ashamed. People like it and I like it too. By the way, almost 500 subs with only (this video is the only I can see) one video is great which has a lot of views + good reactions. 😁👍

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

@@scorpionarthur Thanks for the kind words

[@chriscangelosi9438]

i heard that too, they were desperate to stop an invasion of okinawa but the idea was to go all out with her,, ramming u.s. ships to break through was discussed and yes running her aground if she could get ahead of the us fleet beaching her so her massive guns could be used as a gun plattform, when she set sail she was giving secrete orders very few sailors knew what the orders were, she was a floating kamikazi with all her crew destined for death or glory

[@chriscangelosi9438]

there was a really good japanesse made movie that came out around 2007, i believe it was called "Battleship Yamato".. and since we are on the topic you should check out "For Those We Loved" which is also a japanese movie about the brotherhood of the kamikaze making it rounds in japanese theaters.

[@D.AKULA_TK208]

2005 👍

[@cesarvidelac]

Amazing! Do you know there were two of that ships? The twin, the "Shinano" was sinked by a submarine patrolling offshore tokyo bay, the ship was recently launched. Very, very bad luck :P

[@D.AKULA_TK208]

Not bad luck, bad damage control.

[@sayhallo3769]

There was actually 3 ships. Yamato and Musashi were the battleships. After Midway, Japan turned Shinano into a carrier.

[@Fedwerter]

COOL MUSIC

[@staffelfuhrer7015]

finally found this video after so long i thought it was deleted

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

I did have it unlisted for a bit

[@kevinma4571]

nice simulation and song

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

It's not stolen, what's up with you?

[@jameshanlon5689]

Where can I find the music that's part of this video?

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Search 'Globus heaven help us', or 'Electric Romeo' should be able to find it.

[@jameshanlon5689]

@@SwordsmanMercenary: I was able to find it under ‘Electric Romeo’. Thanks

[@rapzergaming5856]

Hitting the bridge , the AA/flak , the naval guns are the weak spots but did they immobilized the ship?

[@kkhagerty6315]

RapzerGaming she was already slowed down due to lack of fuel and if I’m not mistaken she was torpedoed several times which caused her to pretty much stop

[@rong-man1502]

When I watch information about the Yamato and its demise, I’m struck by the horrendous loss of life. However, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they did so to ships that were at anchor and against a Nation who they were not at war. At least the sailors and the officers in board the Yamato knew what they were facing. The sailors and the officers on board the USS Arizona died during a surprise attack. Dastardly!

[@alexius23]

Worth noting, before departing, the Yamato Captain sent a ship wide announcement. He said this was strictly a volunteer deployment. Any crewmen could leave the ship. Then the Captain cleared out ship hospital of all crew who were disabled. Those like that were sent to a shore hospital. Finally, there was a contingent of Naval Cadet recently placed on the Yamato. The Captain sent them ashore as not being combat ready. Why was all that done? The Captain knew this was a suicide mission. By the way…all the crew remained on board

[@cesarvidelac]

Yes!.It had the same hull, but they installed a flight deck on it :)

[@justarandomperson7853]

The only way the Yamato sunk was by a loads of planes sad thing is planes were able to sink it while other battleships couldnt

[@samibryan5119]

Plane is hard to shoot compare to a large warship

[@scorpionarthur]

Still good🖒

[@Rt_055_Official]

Bismarck a germany battleships atlantic fleet is good game

[@rieleyslocum870]

I never Understood The HUGE explosion at the end? Did there fuel tanks blow and did the blow hit the guns which were loaded with gunpowder?

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Yeah that's their magazine exploding if I remember right

[@rieleyslocum870]

Oh Yea Nice Video... I looked it up and it WAS there Magazine Exploding.

[@레전드-j3g]

안녕들! 내랑 게임하고 놀자, 일루와 내 프로필루,!! www3

[@DaDeathProject]

nothing like a few hundred 18.1 in shells going off at the same time.

[@bb-152ussmeta9]

Yeah, what happened was the fourth magazine on the front of the ship was hit and the whole thing detonated which ripped the ship apart

[@rolandramos3720]

Guns+A big ship+ammo+armor=BATTLESHIP

[@friedrichs753]

I subscribed just now :D

[@Kidsfurnitureusa]

Plus when a torpedo hits one side and then another on the other side ,then water flows to one side meets up with other heavy flooding and causes it rollover.The yamato exploded because of shells and ammo falling on top of each other and blowing up quickly as a flash

[@Kidsfurnitureusa]

yamato and musashi are mostly sunk by torpedoes right? but actually took 12 torpedo his 6 on 1 side and 6 penetrated the other side of the big hull

[@m1a2abrams61]

No 6 torpedo hit yamato portside

[@ToaAntan]

This is footage from Battle 360 and this is actually the Musashi being bombarded during the overlying Leyte Gulf operations where the Japanese main fleet circled around to approach Leyte from the north.

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Incorrect. This is from Dogfights episode Death of the Japanese navy. It is the Yamato.

[@randomperson5775]

@@SwordsmanMercenary technically both of you are correct both dogfights and battle 360 used the similar animation software and under the same channel (the history channel) although dogfights have also talked about the musashi in the same episode in the most simplest way i can put it, the one with blue sky was musashi, the one with the gray sky was yamato

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

@@randomperson5775 Actually I know for a fact that this is all from Dogfights as I recorded it from Dogfights to make the video. Unless Battle 360 reused footage.

[@cazeart7447]

@@SwordsmanMercenary your right

[@rieleyslocum870]

:o That's All I can Say... That was what you could do in a fleet up against a battleship...

[@cesarvidelac]

Interesting! I didn't know that :) Great name for a ship

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Thanks!

[@Przem084]

what it name song i try find this song 5 yeras ... :\

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Globus-Heaven Help Us. Alternate title: Europa (Instrumental version)

[@Sadika14]

Песнья харошая

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Thanks :)

[@northernlinefilms3213]

Wasn’t this from battle 360?

[@rexpowell392]

This is awesome 1 sub

[@ai4865]

Did nobody notice why the Japanese has no video of the Battleship yamato and it's other ships?

[@DevinAlden]

Might have been lost somewhere in the war. I know a lot of the footage of pearl harbor the Japanese had were sunk aboard one of the Japanese carriers at mid way

[@chriscangelosi9438]

great video and nice music but i didn’t really see any torpedo strikes. during the battle after several waves of u.s. dive bombers droping five hundred pound bombs into her armored deck and fighters strafing the the anti air gun decks the torpedo planes dropped at least a dozen torpedoes into the yamato’s submerged lower decks which were less armored, its these torpedo strikes that cause the yamato to list and capsize, resulting in the massive gun torrents to rip off from there own weight and sending explosive shells clanging into each other, setting off three massive explosions that rip the hull in two, she went down in less the an hour with almost her entire crew trapped below behind sealed water tight doors, only 257 escaped from a crew of over 3000 ..

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Around 136 you can see torpedo strikes, I couldn't really get a good shot of the torpedo bombers

[@htran6365]

What type of song is this?

[@AllanYoutubeMedia]

Yeyyyyyyyyy

[@Rt_055_Official]

A germany super battleship Bismarck and tirptz sinking

[@PatiChanUSSF]

Is that aircraft carrier? Isn't it?

[@PangeaProxima]

R.I.P Yamato

[@Kidsfurnitureusa]

the yamato and musashi were sunk by bombs and torpedoes. so not just those but including rockets.

[@abielgabriel7095]

Rockets are anti-personnel stuff, so yeah kind of contributed to sinking Yamato

[@시공-j9l]

So cool

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

This here in my opinion marks the end of the Battleship era. Battleships in modern days will simply be outclassed by other ships in the fleet and make huge targets for aircraft. I think the only way Battleships will be viable again is when Railguns are developed

[@rolandramos6926]

Callsign-YukiMizuki End of battleship era was when the Japanese sank Repulse and Prince Of Whales with planes

[@kevinma4571]

One thing I would add is add people jumping into the water and getting sucked back into the ship bc of the weight of the ship. Many of the Japanese sailors died this way

[@complexxcarey1262]

THATS A MYTH..DISPLACEMENT OF A SINKING SHIP DOES NOT CREATE A SUCK DOWN AFFECT..YOU WATCH TO MUCH TV

[@Delta-ye8ce]

It’s a shame it sank, it was such a beautiful ship

[@Three.5]

Very well done :)

[@trxwrftrk1219]

ただひたすらに、「耐え難きを耐え、忍び難きを忍び・・・」

[@mxfuhvdeg]

The dauntless planes had rockets???

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Yuppers

[@D.AKULA_TK208]

There was no dauntless at Ten Go, just corsairs, hellcats and devastators. The aircrafts with rockets was the corsairs, that hit the yamato 174 times with rockets.

[@lhordcharielerlandez758]

i cant forget this clash against my auntie

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

@solnegrolunaroja Yes I had heard of that, thanks for commenting.

[@carlobayani]

litteraly me and my class vs my teacher in dodgeball

[@CenturionENT]

What is this song please someone tell me

[@SuGaRxxRuSh1]

Lazy. Its in the end.

[@DustPlayz1]

If y’all are wondering the song name it called Electric Romeo

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Heaven help us by Globus

[@DustPlayz1]

@@SwordsmanMercenary huh

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

@@DustPlayz1 The song is called Heaven Help Us- By Globus. It's an instrumental version of their song Europa

[@DustPlayz1]

@@SwordsmanMercenary no it’s not look it up

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

@@DustPlayz1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6KuqKOMn7F1r8k You were saying?

[@HiTechOilCo]

Air power made battleships obsolete.

[@demoskunk]

Yamato had the best deck armor of any ship. All battleships had wood on top of their armored decks. She took dozens of 1000 and 500 lb armor piercing bombs and still didn't sink. It was torpedoes that sunk her. Instead of making up crap, do some research.

[@D.AKULA_TK208]

She superstructure was intact when she sunk, same thing with the Musashi.

[@rylansierra1274]

true, even though at first when I saw the ship that the aircraft would lose. but after a few months that the aircraft won the the Yamato lossed. but hey, I was 9.

[@blesildacastuciano3278]

Whats the song

[@changowango5208]

Man I love these graphics they look like cod bo1 zombies mobile graphics😂

[@samibryan5119]

Its animation but the editing and graphics better

[@Vindicator58]

I love Japan's battleships.

[@Rt_055_Official]

Eu também

[@MisticMonki]

Directed by micheal bay

[@thealliedpowers]

Lars Sassen Micheal Bay controls history. And where to put the powder magazine.

[@jimmyz42n81s]

lol

[@dtnguyen99]

lol

[@Kami-sama.isekai]

bullshit

[@RG-fc7ht]

Actually the explosions caused by Yamato campsizing were massive and could be seen a few miles away

[@B3S4K3R]

:( my dad and my big brother join the Yamato crew they died

[@Cubixer_Cube]

Wtf

[@zachearwood7370]

they should make a movie called the Revenge Of The Yamato where this guys dad was killed during the sinking of the yamato and does this magic and its in modern times and he resurrects the yamato and it has this flying power would you like a movie like that? :o

[@thanosthethiccfarmer1850]

what the fuck, i just came across one of my old comments, lmao.

[@m1a2abrams61]

@@thanosthethiccfarmer1850 lol

[@Kurtboxing]

Whats with the music

[@baochung86]

Name music ???? Please

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Globus: Heaven help us

[@maskmates4302]

Silly that 9 carriers just for ONE ship which is IJN Yamato

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Actually there were other ships with Yamato, but the documentary mostly focused on her, she was a priority target.

[@m1a2abrams61]

There was 12 aircraft carrier there was 300+ usa knew there secret

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Glad you like it!

[@angelicaramos3391]

we all remember the dya that super ship Sank😢😢😯😯😦😦😳😳😭😭😭

[@ViperGripen]

And also the legendary battleship

[@zandillsfair5840]

noice video

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Thank you!

[@keaganmcmullen8412]

Good job though I liked it

[@davidsylvester682]

For having as many guns that 100,000+ ton hunk of Steel had it would make you think it would've been the last ship to sink

[@HiTechOilCo]

...and why would you have loved the weapons that represented the incredible evil of Imperial Japan of WWII?

[@kenzoo5416]

Because it's what you call remembering history, and what really these men fought against or fought for.

[@greenacefighter]

Tatty ]

[@D.AKULA_TK208]

No one gun is good, ALL gun is created to destroy and kill, including american battleships.

[@KurdishTigers]

Because it’s fucking sick

[@rolandramos3720]

Yamato was part of japan's best fleet

[@ViperGripen]

0:58 Do you see that guy?

[@rolandramos3720]

Directed by Michael Bay singer:Celine Dion yamato: a random japan battleship planes : F-18s took place in a 9999999999 mile pool

[@northernlinefilms3213]

Roland Ramos The f18 was not around back then there were hell cats and dauntless five bombers and many more non-jet age aircraft.

[@samibryan5119]

F18 in ww2 *laughs*

[@kimperry499]

Yamato: oh crud! oh crud! oh crud! American planes take this you son of a battleship!

[@GamingBickle]

2024?

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

still here

[@smilyboi9847]

2:11 the bit we are all probably waiting for!

[@ryonai14]

Yamato was the greatest battleship in the world

[@jacenculaba3526]

what song is that

[@thealliedpowers]

jacen culaba Globus - Europa

[@michaelgodbee122]

The most powerful battleship of her time

[@Itried20takennames]

Which was like being the best sword ever… after guns were created

[@lemonblitz8573]

The Yamato and Musashi are meant to Beat the U.S. Navy during WWII , Yamato was on a mission , It was escorted with destroyers and cruisers , Tho there are little Ships left because of re supplying of Fuel , so Yamato was left with little Ships , Yamato carried Tons of AA's , Tho 3 squadrons of Corsairs and Avengers (The plane TBF Avenger) Carried with rockets , bombs , torpedoes , they we're tasked to Infiltrate the Yamato , Yamato had no chance against 3 squadrons of Aircraft , Yamato Ended by Flipsiding and an explosion from the Munition storage , Note ! (DO NOT JUDGE WHAT I'M COMMENTING , YEAH YOU! RIGHT THERE! TRYING TO TELL HISTORY NERD , I'M JUST TELLING WHAT I LEARNED OK! So don't comment anything if your not saying something NICE!

[@m1a2abrams61]

Rapzer 2.0 well it's not the USA fault it was Japan secret plan to do it

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

I made this by recording with Fraps and then putting the clips together with windows movie maker.

[@1987phillybilly]

Would have been interesting if the two carrier task forces 58.1 and 58.3 were further away and Adm. Mitscher didn't launch his planes and the original plan of Adm. Spruance to send Adm. Morton Deyo's task force of six battleships (New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Massachusetts and South Dakota, also the battlecruisers Alaska and Guam) what would have happened if they had met up before the carriers found Yamato? How badly would have 54 16" guns pounded guns pounded yamato? Probably as bad as the airstrikes......

[@Ambaryerno]

Yamato wouldn't have stood a chance against ONE Iowa-class Battleship, much less three of them PLUS the trio of South Dakota-classes. The radar range-finding and fire control available to them was light years ahead of the technology Japan had available. Yamato may have had the bigger guns, but the Americans could open fire at longer range, and do so FAR more accurately.

[@1987phillybilly]

Ambaryerno...as I said, just as bad as the airstrikes

[@Ambaryerno]

@Batman The Japanese scouts and consorts would have had no better radar and fire control than Yamato herself (even American DESTROYERS had better fire control than Japans' battleships). I don't care HOW many eyes you've got. Mk.I Eyeball vs. radar-directed fire control WILL lose. Especially if the engagement is at night, where battleships preferred to operate to protect themselves from air strikes. Range is irrelevant if you can't put rounds on target with accuracy, and Yamato's absolute range advantage was nowhere NEAR significant enough (only two miles) to offset the accuracy of the American fire control systems. Furthermore, the American guns may have been smaller than Yamato's, but they were all-around simply BETTER. More reliable, more accurate. The secondary guns (IE the 5" on the Iowas) would be irrelevant in a ship-to-ship duel between battleships. Their purposes was for dealing with aircraft and smaller ships, and the secondary batteries wouldn't even scratch the paint around the armored belt. Torpedoes, likewise, are also irrelevant since battleships don't carry them, so in a 1v1 duel they're a non-factor. Even if you allow consorts, the Americans still have the advantage in being able to engage their opponents with accuracy BEFORE THE JAPANESE EVEN KNOW THEY ARE THERE. Look at the Battle of Surigao Strait: The only warning Southern Force had that they were about to get shellacked was when the first shells struck home (and note: there was not ONE Iowa-class battleship involved in the route of Nishimura's battleship column. Most of them were actually Pearl Harbor survivors that were repaired, refit, and refloated, and had the exact same fire control and search radars equipped by Iowa and her sisters). As for the morale of "defending their homeland," ask the kamikaze how well that worked out for THEM. You're grasping at straws, and betraying your utter ignorance of the facts.

[@1987phillybilly]

*****...you need to look up the armor ratios again, not a whole lot of difference between the Iowa's and Yamato. AGAIN, we are taking battleships here, what is this torpedo stuff?? 54 16" guns pounding your battleship?? YEAH...you're a real Einstein to think yamato could stand up to that!

[@Ambaryerno]

Japan's steel was by FAR inferior to the steel used by American shipbuilders, so the Iowas were able to get more mileage out of 12 inches of armor than Yamato could out of 16. Why do you think Japan started the goddamned war in the first place? Because the Japanese home islands are resource-poor, starved of quality iron and everything else a modern industrial society needs. Oh wait, this is where you insert some comment about Japan's magical steel katanas that could CUT THROUGH an Iowa-class battleship, because you don't have any functional real-world knowledge about ANYTHING and get it all from fucking anime. Now go back to your tentacle porn and let the adults have a grown-up conversation.

[@1974Teebone]

It should be noted in case those were curious the reason she pointed her main cannons up was because they were loaded with an experimental 'beehive' anti-air round. Which proved to be useless.

[@abielgabriel7095]

Looks quite good for firework shows tho, probably the only thing it was good for XD

[@pendingcosmos4657]

how many us planes were lost during the battle

[@nickhasmojo1197]

Kairon gozales yeah 10 planes and we lost 12 men

[@nickhasmojo1197]

And when the Yamato sank it killed almost 2,500 crewmen