THE LARGEST BATTLESHIP IN WORLD WAR II

The Yamato Class adalah Battleship Class terbesar dalam sejarah perang dunia kedua yang di Launching oleh IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) di tahun 1941 dengan kapal pertama adalah IJN Musashi.

Pada awalnya rancangan Yamato Class masih meniru konsep dari rancangan BB (Battleship) Bismark milik Jerman dan akan di launching sebagai Class CB (Battle Cruiser), akan tetapi Jepang sudah banyak meniru Class Submarine milik Jerman dan berencana sedikit merubah konstruksi dari rancangan BB Bismark.

Di pertengahan Maret 1937 sesudah di rekonstruksi ulang rancangan BB Bismark akhirnya di putuskan untuk segera mem-build kapal tersebut yang di rencanakan akan selesai dalam 3 tahun, akan tetapi Jepang pada saat itu masih belum ada gambaran akan di beri nama apa dari Class ini. dan setelah melihat ulang bentuk, kekuatan dan megahnya kapal ini menggambarkan Negeri Jepang yang kuat dan hampir tidak terkalahkan. Akhirnya para perancang Jepang membuat kesepakatan akan di beri nama “Yamato Class” kerena "Yamato" mempunyai arti atau "nama kuno untuk Jepang".

Japanese Cruiser Nagara

Construction of Natori Class

Nagara (長良 軽巡洋艦 Nagara keijun'yōkan^?) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.

Japanese cruiser Tone

IJN Tone (利根 重巡洋艦 Tone jūjun'yōkan^?) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Tone-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Tone River, in the Kantō region of Japan and was completed on 20 November 1938 atMitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyards. Tone was designed for long-range scouting missions and had a large seaplane capacity. She was extensively employed during World War II usually providing scouting services to their aircraft carrier task forces. She almost always operated in this capacity in conjunction with her sister ship Chikuma.

Japanese cruiser Atago

Atago (愛宕^?) was one of four Takao-class heavy cruisers, designed to be an improvement over the previous Myōkō-class design. These ships were fast, powerful, and heavily armed. The Takao-class ships were approved under the 1927 fiscal year budget as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's strategy of the Decisive Battle, and forming the backbone of a multipurpose long range strike force. Atago was built by the Kure Naval shipyards near Hiroshima, and—like all heavy cruisers—was named after a mountain: in this case Mount Atago, located outside of Kyoto.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku

Shōkaku (Japanese: 翔鶴 "Flying Crane") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she took part in several key naval battles during the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands before being torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine at the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū

Hiryū (飛龍^?, "Flying Dragon") was a modified Sōryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the carriers that began the Pacific War with the attack on Pearl Harbor. After being heavily damaged by air attacks 4 June 1942 at the Battle of Midway, Hiryu sank on 5 June 1942.

Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi

Akagi (Japanese: 赤城 "Red Castle") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after Mount Akagi in present-day Gunma Prefecture. Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Following Japan's renunciation of the treaty in late 1934, the ship was rebuilt from 1935 to 1938 with her original three flight decks 

Japanese battleship Ise

Originally planned to be the third Fusō-class battleship, experience gained in the construction of the Fusō-class revealed a number of design issues, including weak armament and protection, which forced a redesign and new classification.

Ise was laid down at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe on 5 May 1915, launched on 12 November 1916, and completed on 15 December 1917 and assigned to the Kure Naval District.

Japanese Battleship Fusō-class

The design of the Fusō-class battleships was shaped both by the international naval arms race and a desire among Japanese naval planners to maintain a fleet of capital ships powerful enough to defeat the United States Navy in a "decisive battle" in Japanese territorial waters.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's fleet of battleships had proven highly successful in 1905

Japanese Battleship Kongō Class

Battleship Kongō Class di luncurkan pertama kali sebagai Battlecruiser (CB) oleh Angkatan Laut Kekaisaran Jepang (IJN) sebelum Perang Dunia I dan dirancang oleh arsitek Angkatan Laut Inggris George Thurston. Class ini diharapkan sebagai modal kapal modern pertama Angkatan Laut Kekaisaran Jepang da nada 4 kapal dalam kelas ini yaitu IJN Kongō, IJN Hiei, IJN Haruna dan IJN Kirishima dan di selesaikan dari tahun 1913 sampai 1915.