| Caption | Illustration of bomb and torpedo hits on battleship Yamato, 7 Apr 1945, part of Commander Miyamoto's interrogation, 25 Oct 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Strategic Bombing Survey [Pacific] | |||||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 25 Oct 1945 | |||||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||||
| Added Date | 17 May 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain |
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26 Feb 2009 02:23:41 PM
On 7 April 1945 Yamato was attacked by 386 U.S. Carrier Aircraft on her way to Okinawa, she took 13 torpedo hits and 8 bomb hits, her hull was damaged by numerious near misses. At 14:23 hrs Yamato capsized and an explosion in her forward ammunition store split her in two. 269 crew-members were saved out of her total crew of 3,332.