Yamato Class


Yamato by Bill Waldorf

Line Drawing from Yamato Tamiya kit instructions.

Information on this class has been compiled by Jeff Donahoo

Standard Displacement: 64,000 tons
Complement: 2,700

Length: 863'
Beam: 127'9"
Draught: 34'3" (mean)

Armament:
9-18.1"/45cal
12-6.1"/55cal
12-5"/40cal
115-25mm

Armor:
16" side
9" deck

Machinery: 4 shaft Kanpon turbines
Boilers: 12 Kanpon
S.H.P.: 147,950=27 knots
Oil: 6,200 tons
Radius: 7,200 miles @ 16 knots

Ships in class:

Musashi
Meaning: Ancient Prefecture
Builder: Mitsubishi Zosenho, Nagasaki
Ordered: #2 1937 3rd Replacement Program
Laid Down: 3/29/38
Launched: 11/1/40
Completed: 8/5/42
Fate: sunk, 10/24/44
Fleet Assignments:
BatDiv 1 8/42-10/44
Wartime Commanders:
Capt Arima Kaoru 12/41-6/43
Capt Komuro Keizo 6/43-12/43
Capt Asakura Toyoji 12/43-8/44
*Capt Inoguchi Toshihara 8/44-10/44
Service Notes:
3/29/44 torpedoed by USS Tunny (SS-282)
10/24/44 sunk by US naval aircraft at 1935hrs (12.50N 122.35E)
in the Sibuyan Sea 991 ships crew and 135 Maya
survivors (total: 1,024) dead, 1,376 ships crew and
634 Maya survivors are saved (total: 2,010)

Shinano
Meaning: Ancient Prefecture in central Honshu
Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho
Ordered: #110 1939 4th Replacement Program
Laid Down: 5/4/40
Launched: 10/5/44
Completed: 11/18/44
Fate: sunk, 11/28/44
Fleet Assignments:
None-not fully completed.0
Wartime Commanders:
*Capt Abe Toshio -11/44
Service Notes:
6/42 conversion to aircraft carrier begins
11/28/44 sunk at 1100hrs 160 miles SE Cape Muroto, Japan
(32.00N 137.00E) by USS Archerfish (SS-311)
1,435 dead 1,080 saved

Note: Shinano converted into an aircraft carrier while under construction. 111 cancelled (30% complete) at the out break of the war. Musashi and Yamato had 6-6.1" removed and replaced by 12-5"/40 and more 25mm

Yamato
Meaning: Ancient name for Japan
Builder: Kure Kaigun Kosho
Ordered: #1 1937 3rd Replacement Program
Laid Down: 11/4/37
Launched: 8/8/40
Completed: 12/16/41
Fate: sunk, 4/7/45
Fleet Assignments:
Bat Div 1 12/41-11/44
2nd Fleet 11/44-4/45
Wartime Commanders:
Capt Takayanagi Gihachi 8/41-12/42
Capt Matsuda Chiaki 12/42 -9/43
Capt Ono Takeji 9/43-1/44
Capt Morishita Nobuei 1/44-11/44
*RA Ariga Kosaku 11/44-4/45
Service Notes
12/25/43 torpedoed by USS Skate (SS-305)
1/44 6 6.1" removed, 12 5" added
10/24/44 two bomb hits
10/26/44 two bomb hits
4/7/45 1423hrs sunk 130 miles WSW Kagoshima (30.22N 128.04E)
2,498 dead 269 saved

Unamed
Meaning: n/a
Builder:
Ordered: 111 1939 4th Replacement Program
Laid Down: 11/7/40
Launched: n/a
Completed: n/a
Fate: cancelled
Fleet Assignments:
n/a
Wartime Commanders:
n/a
Service Notes
Cancelled 12/41 30% complete