Battle Of Midway Yamato
Although present at the battle of the philippine sea in june 1944 she played no part in the battle.
Battle of midway yamato. Yamato was launched on august 8th 1940 and commissioned on december 16th 1941 just 9 days after pearl harbor. The super battleship yamato the mightiest ever built with 18 1 inch guns and nine escorts the cruiser yahagi and eight destroyers had been spotted by the submarines threadfin and hackleback. After us carrier aircraft destroyed the four japanese carriers at midway yamato and the other japanese warships were forced withdraw from the battle to seek air cover. The only way the yamato could have made a difference would have been to steam straight towards midway and acted as bomb bait.
The imperial japanese navy had planned its forthcoming battle at midway island to be one between its carrier force the kido butai and whatever offensive force that the united states navy could assemble to oppose it. The japanese navy operated yamato as their flagship from the time of her entering service nine days after the attacks on pearl harbor. Vùng 4 chiến sự 1970 khiêu vũ với cộng quân quân sử vnch chiến tranh việt nam duration. Following the japanese defeat at the battle of midway the battleship moved to the anchorage at truk atoll arriving in august 1942.
She first saw action while supporting japanese carriers at the battle of midway in june 1942. Musashi was launched on november 8th 1940 and commissioned on august 5th 1942 just two days before the u s. He was the commander in chief during the early years of the pacific war and oversaw major engagements including the attack on pearl harbor and the battle of midway. The only time yamato fired her main guns at enemy surface targets was in october 1944 when she was sent to engage american forces invading the philippines during the battle of leyte gulf.
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