Japanese battleship Musashi
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., named after the former Japanese province,[1] was one of three Yamato-class battleship. Four ships were begun, but only two were completed as battleships. The third, Shinano, was completed as an aircraft carrier and the fourth was scrapped before completion.[2]built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s. The Yamato-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing almost 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) fully loaded and armed with nine 46-centimetre (18.1 in) main guns.
Japanese Battleship Musashi Media
Musashi, August 1942, seen from the bow
Bridge of Musashi, 1942
Musashi as she appeared in mid-1944
Yamamoto's ashes return to Japan aboard Musashi, 23 May 1943
Musashi and Yamato in Truk Lagoon in early 1943
Emperor Hirohito and his staff on board Musashi, 24 June 1943
Musashi under attack by American carrier aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Musashi down by the bow after the air attacks, shortly before her sinking
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