A search team conclusively identified the Yamato wreckage in August 1985. It lies in two sections about 180 miles southwest of Kagoshima prefecture in more than 1,100 feet of water, according to ...

The Yamato was a monster battleship: Nine 18-inch guns, 72,800 tons. Unsinkable, her builders said. The massive vessel was attacked by 380 U.S. carrier planes on April 6, 1945. She blew apart. Of i… ...