Allied pilots reported seeing the ship serve in the Japanese fleet, earning it its nickname. The vessel was later found in Kure, Japan after the war and recommissioned into the U.S. Navy.

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built, municipal ...

At the same time, because GSDF members are not used to operating ships, there are concerns about the actual operations of the group. Meanwhile, the Kure city government is also hoping that the SDF ...

Yamato was the lead ship of her class, constructed under extreme secrecy at the Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ordered in 1937 as part of Japan’s rapid naval rearmament following ...