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Forget the Montana-Class or Yamato Battleships: Japan Wanted a 90,000 Ton Monster Warship

Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 ...
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Yamato-Class

What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, designed by Imperial Japan before World War II to assert naval dominance..
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USS Kentucky: The lost Iowa-class battleship the Navy never finished

USS Kentucky (BB-66) was conceived first as a Montana-class super-battleship and then reordered as an Iowa-class fast ...
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Yamato-Class Battleships

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As a ship designed to prolong the ability of Japan’s carriers to fight without returning to port, it was designed to support Japan’s tradition of ...