Difference between revisions of "Yamato (Japanese battleship, 1940)"

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Yamato 大和 was a Japanese warship (Battleship). The first ship of Yamato class battleships.

Budget approved in FY1937 program.
1937.11.04 Laid down at Kure Naval Yard.
1940.08.08 Launched.
1941.12.16 Completed and commissioned. registered as battleship. assigned to Kure Naval District.
1945.04.07 Sunk.
1945.08.31 Discarded.

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	5 Sep 1941	Captain	Miyazato Shutoku	40th class, NA	Assist Staff, Kure District	Att, Kure District	Chief equipment officer 15 Oct 1941 Rear Admiral
	1 Nov 1941	Captain	Takayanagi Gihachi	41st class, NA	Assist Staff, Kure District	Commanding officer, Yamato	Chief equipement officer
1	16 Dec 1941	Captain	Takayanagi Ghachi	41st class, NA	Chief equipment officer, Yamato	Att, Yokosuka District	1 May 1942 Rear Admiral
2	17 Dec 1942	Captain	Matsuda Chiaki	44th class, NA	Assist Staff, Combined Fleet	Att, Naval General Staffs	1 Nov 1943 Rear Admiral
3	7 Sep 1943	Captain	Ono Takeji	44th class, NA	Assist Staff, Combined Fleet	Att, Naval General Staffs	1 Nov 1943 Rear Admiral
4	25 Jan 1944	Captain	Morishita Nobuei	45th class, NA	Commanding Officer, Haruna	Chief of Staff, Second Fleet	15 Oct 1944 Rear Admiral
5	25 Nov 1944	Captain	Aruga Kosaku	45th class, NA	Assist Staff, Second Fleet	KIA	7 Apr 1945 Sunk

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 ==History==
+* Budget approved in FY1937 program.
+* 1937.11.04 Laid down at [[Kure Naval Yard (Japanese Navy)|Kure Naval Yard]].
+* 1940.08.08 Launched.
+* 1941.12.16 Completed and commissioned. registered as [[battleship (Japanese Navy)|battleship]]. assigned to [[Kure Naval District (Japanese Navy)|Kure Naval District]].
+* 1945.04.07 Sunk.
+* 1945.08.31 Discarded.
 ==Crew==
 ===Commanding officer===