Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

A battleship has frequently been described ... had proven that it was possible to fire a 12·inch gun over a turret without injury to the occupants of the lower turret. It is believed that tbe ...

Secondary batteries consisted of twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns mounted in twin-gun dual purpose (DP) turrets ... the United States Navy was without an active battleship since 1895.

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Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, capable of delivering ... a significant threat to Allied shipping without ever needing to fire its guns in a major ...