The sinking of the Yamato

In April 1945 Japan launched operation Ten-go(heaven number one)with the hope of  destroying the the American forces at the Japanese held island of Okinawa(which the Americans had just landed on)and saving their rapidly sinking Empire(at least for a while).



The strike force,comprising of the Super-battleship Yamato(see post),the light cruiser Yahigi and eight destroyers,sailed on April 6th,in the last major Japanese naval operation of the war.Only hours after sailing they were spotted by two submarines,who reported them to the American 5th fleet.

On April 7th the 5th fleet launched a two hour all out attack on the task force.By the end of the attack the Yamato was capsizing,twenty minutes later she had fully flipped over when a huge explosion ripped her apart.When the smoke cleared the Yamato,the largest and most heavily armed warship ever put to sea,was gone.The attack had also sunk the Yahagi and four of the destroyers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go


That's all for now!!

Tigertank