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

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

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... Operation Ten Go, the final ...