Here’s What You Need to Remember: Even if the U.S. Navy’s carrier fleet had not intervened, there is no chance that Yamato would have found her way to Okinawa. She would have been severely but not ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The destruction of Yamato was inevitable even as far back as the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was clear that the age of the aircraft carrier had already superseded the ...

Adm. Raymond Spruance's signal to Vice Adm. Marc Mitscher has gone down in Navy lore: "You take them." The super-battleship Yamato, the mightiest ever built, with 18.1-inch guns and nine escorts -- ...