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BB Jamato
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Jamato | 1937/11/04 Kure Kaigun Kosho | 1940/08/08 | 1941/12/16 | 1945/04/07
sunk | |
| Namesake: A province, contains Nara and points south. Also, an ancient name for Japan | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | 1stFlt/BatDiv1 | fitting out at Kure | 99 | ||
| 42/02/19 | BatDiv1 | Jonada - BatDiv1 practice | |||
| 42/03 | 42/05 | Inland Sea - training, gunnery practice | 99 | ||
| 42/05/29 | 42/06/12 | A1/MainFor/BatDiv1/FltF,FF | xMidway | ||
| 42/08/17 | 42/08/28 | sail from Kure to Truk escorted by DesDiv7 | 99 | ||
| 42/08/2? | 42/08/2? | RearFor | xEasSol | 99 | |
| 42/08/28 | attacked by Flying Fish off Truk | 99 | |||
| 43/01/31 | 43/02/09 | KE | ResFor | Truk - reserve for Guadalcanal evacuation | 103 |
| 43/05/08 | 43/05/13 | sail with task force from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/05/15 | 43/08/16 | Kure - refit | 99 | ||
| 43/08/16 | 43/08/17 | sail from Kure to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/08/16 | 43/08/23 | troop transport run from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/08/23 | 43/09/18 | Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/09/18 | 43/09/25 | BatDiv1 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as response to US raids on Makin & Tarawa | 99 | |
| 43/10/17 | 43/10/26 | BatDiv1 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as response to US raids on Wake | 99 | |
| 43/11 | Truk | ||||
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/17 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/12/20 | 43/12/25 | sail from Jokosuka to Truk > Kavieng | 99 | ||
| 43/12/25 | 44/01/10 | Truk - emergency repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/12/25 | damaged (Skate) NE of Truk (10-05N, 150-32E) | 85 | |||
| 44/01/10 | 44/01/16 | sail from Truk to Kure | 99 | ||
| 44/01/16 | 44/04/21 | Kure - repairs - 6x155mm guns replaced by 12x127 mm guns, added 62x25 | 99 | ||
| 44/04/21 | 44/05/01 | sail from Kure to Manila > Lingga Roads | 89 | ||
| 44/06/10 | 44/06/11 | KON3 | CovFor | 3rd Biak Reinforce | 86 |
| 44/06/11 | 44/06/24 | A-Go | AdvFor/BatDiv1 | xPhilip | 86 |
| 44/06/29 | 44/07/08 | sail from Hashiradzima to Kure | 99 | ||
| 44/07/08 | 44/07/17 | GrpA | sail from Kure to Okinawa (07/10) > Lingga Roads | 99 | |
| 44/10/18 | 44/10/28 | CenFor/BatDiv1 | xLeyte | ||
| 44/10/24 | CenFor/BatDiv1 | xSibuya-damage(planes - 2 bombs, 1 near miss) 9 KIA/WIA - No1 Turret | 104 | ||
| 44/10/25 | CenFor/BatDiv1 | xSamar | |||
| 44/10/28 | 44/11/16 | Brunei Bay, Borneo | 99 | ||
| 44/11/08 | 44/11/11 | out of Bunei to avoid air raids | 99 | ||
| 44/11/16 | 44/11/24 | sail from Brunei to Kure | 99 | ||
| 44/11/23 | 45/01/15 | Kure - repairs, refit | 99 | ||
| 44/12/21 | 42/02/10 | Inland Sea | 99 | ||
| 45/03/19 | damaged(TF 58) at Kure | 85 | |||
| 45/04/07 | sunk(TF 38) 150 nm SW of Nagasaki (30-40N, 128-03E) | 85 | |||