Japan Battleships prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor Part 2
the war, right up until both were sunk by US carrier based aircraft. The only real ship to ship combat that either ship had action in was the Battle off Samar. When both the Yamato & Musashi were sunk, the loss of life was great. An estimated 2498 of the 2700 crew members on Yamato were lost, including Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō, the fleet commander. The Musashi crew lost 1023 of her 2399-man crew when she went down. ... battleship battlecruiser cruiser aircraft carrier Yamato Musashi Kongo ...
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