Yamato-class Photographs | World War II Database

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Admiral Mineichi Koga with the staff of Japanese 2nd Fleet, probably aboard battleship Musashi, 1943-1944	Yamato turning at 27 knots, date unknown

Musashi, Yamato, a cruiser, and Nagato at Brunei, Borneo, Oct 1944	Musashi, Yamato, a cruiser, and Nagato at Brunei, Borneo, Oct 1944; cropped photograph

Japanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay, Borneo for Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944	Musashi underway off Brunei, Borneo, 22 Oct 1944

A water plume from a torpedo striking against the bow of super-battleship Musashi rises high in the air during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Battleship Yamato or Musashi and two heavy cruisers maneuvering while under attack by US Navy aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

Battleship Yamato under attack during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2

Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	Musashi down by the bow after being hit by US Navy carrier aircraft during the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

Musashi hit by a bomb from US Navy carrier aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Strike photo taken from planes flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing bombs strikes and near misses on the Japanese battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippine Islands, 24 Oct 1944

Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2

Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	Yamato during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944

Yamato in action off Samar, 25 Oct 1944	Yamato in action off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 Oct 1944; photo taken by aircraft of escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay