Java! Spart! Redguru! Scale version~Japanese battleship Yamato

[BlueBird]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato
"Yamato (大和), named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was lead ship of her class. She and her sister Musashi were the largest, heaviest, and most powerful battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load, and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) main guns.

The ship held special significance for the Empire of Japan as a symbol of the nation's naval power ('Yamato' was sometimes used to refer to Japan itself), and its sinking by US aircraft in the final days of the war during the suicide Operation Ten-Go is sometimes considered symbolic of Japan's defeat itself. (source wiki)"

 

[SouthernLord]

What scale is that? It would be a lot cooler if it was in a bottle lol. Still pretty cool though.

 

[BlueBird]

What scale is that? It would be a lot cooler if it was in a bottle lol. Still pretty cool though.

I believe it's 1/10.

LOL, but I bet there's a model you could build into your own bottle.

 

[SaladFork]

That's pretty cool! They should make a US version of one of the ships and make them battle it out again lol.

 

[Spartacus]

cool Find!

here's a pic of the explosion when the yamoto's ammunition magazines detonated
just look at the size of that eruption in comparison to the destroyer

 

[Spartacus]

Operation Ten Go was a suicide mission
the Yamato and 9 destroyers (hence the ten go title)
I managed to get a DVD copy of the recent japanese film of her end

I made a thread on it
I'll locate it for those that are interested

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/chat-conversation/yamato-movie-445653.html

 

[redguru]

If you get a chance there's a few 1/20th scale models at the Naval Air Museam in Pensacola, but that Yamato is pretty cool, where is it at?

 

[BlueBird]

....where is it at?

Yamato Museum in Kure City

http://www.yamato-museum.com/en/collection/collection01.html
http://www.yamato-museum.com/en/

 

[Spartacus]

I had a Tamiya model of the Musashi (the Yamato's identical sister ship)
sold it to an enthusiast friend of mine so it would get built right

 

[redsamurai]

sparts........bismarck vs. yamato........what's your take??

 

[Spartacus]

sparts........bismarck vs. yamato........what's your take??

depends on the situation
the Bismarck was constructed to have the firepower but more importantly the speed to leave
she and the tirpitz were designed to raise havoc on convoys
if they got into a tangle and were outnumbered by the royal navy
you split
the bismarck's rudder got damaged on a miracle airstrike
she couldn't manoeuver and got boxed in by some of the royal navy's heaviest ships
wasn't much of a match like 5 on 1
with the Bismarck unable to even turn

the prince of wales left the scene when the bismarck smoked the Hood in one salvo

 

[Spartacus]

an even confrontation between the Yamato and the Bismarck would be Yamato favored
she's a much heavier ship with larger caliber main guns
I believe yamato was 18 and the bismarck 15
still though you have to hit
I'm not near a naval historian about WWII as I am about the european front
from what I remember the german and Japanese gunnery ability exceeded their opponents
red guru can correct me
in the pacific the surface fleet actions that occurred when the Japs had a chance happened around Guadalcanal. And the Japs scored some impressive victories
>google savo island

 

[Spartacus]

In the battle, a Japanese warship task force surprised and routed the Allied naval force, sinking one Australian and three American cruisers, while taking only moderate damage in return. The Japanese force consisted of seven cruisers and one destroyer, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa. In response to Allied amphibious landings in the eastern Solomon Islands, Mikawa brought his task force down New Georgia Sound (also known as "the Slot") to attack the Allied amphibious fleet and its screening force. The screening force consisted of eight cruisers and fifteen destroyers, commanded by British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley VC, but only five cruisers and seven destroyers were actually involved in the battle.

As a result of the defeat, the remaining Allied warships and the amphibious force withdrew from the Solomon Islands. This temporarily conceded control of the seas around Guadalcanal to the Japanese. Allied ground forces had landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands only the day before. The withdrawal of the fleet left them in a precarious situation, with barely enough supplies, equipment, and food to hold their beachhead

 

[Scotsman]

I find it kind of sad the the era of the big gun battleships is over now.

I've probably seen "Sink the Bismarck" like five times.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[calveless wonder]

good name for a ship