Yamato was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Royal Neo Navy (RNN) in 1930. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes (71,000 long tons) at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 in) Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship.

History

The Yamato-Class is the first Super Battleship built by the Neo Empire. Built in 1930, the Yamato-Class is an ambitious plan that the Royal Neo Navy wants, the development plan will to 5 ships, but due to the high costs and resources spent, only 3 ships were built, namely Yamato, Musashi, and Shinano.
Yamato and Musashi were finally built into battleships, while Shinano was converted into an Aircraft Carrier

Built in 1930 at Kaisei Naval Arsenal, Shizukishima
Launched in 1940, and completed in 1942

Yamato at Kaisei Naval Arsenal, Shizukishima in 1941
(Original image from Wikipedia IJN Yamato)

Service History

Yamato together with her sister, Musashi began to enter Navy service in 1942, Yamato was included in the 11th Combined Fleet along with several ships including the Destroyer Shigure, Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Yaguma, and Asaguma
Cruiser Mogami and Maya
Aircraft carrier Soryuu, Ryujo, and Hosho
Meanwhile, Musashi was placed in the 15th Combined Fleet

Yamato and Musashi at Shizukishima Sea in 1942
(Original image from Wikipedia IJN Yamato)

Neo Civil War 1

During the Civil War, the Yamato and its fleet rarely fought, in fact the Yamato was asked to avoid fighting because if the Yamato was damaged it would be expensive to repair.
Until 1954, Yamato and his fleet were asked to carry out the final attack operation carried out by the Empire to fight the Neo Communist Regime. On April 6, 1954 at 5 am, Yamato and 11 other ships departed from the port of Shizukishima towards the Yumemori sea. At 9 am the Yamato fleet was spoted by a reconnaissance aircraft from a Kongo battleship that had been captured by the neo-communist regime. At 10 am the Neo Communists launched an attack against Yamato using 6 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 20 destroyers and 5 cruisers.

At 11.40 am the Dive Bomber Squadron from the Akagi aircraft carrier began launching attacks focused on the Yamato's escort ships, in that attack Maya, Isokaze, and Yukikaze suffered serious damage and were forced to return to Shizukishima, 15 minutes later the Torpedo Squadron from the carriers Hiryu and Shokaku launched an attack which focused on the Yamato, of the 15 torpedoes launched, 5 torpedoes hit the rear of the Yamato which ended up damaging its Rudder, 2 Torpedoes hit the Destroyer Shigure, 4 Torpedoes hit the Soryu aircraft carrier which also damaged its rudder and ended up stranded on the coast, while 4 other torpedoes missed

Photo of a Torpedo Bomber from the Hiryu Aircraft Carrier showing Yamato trying to dodge the launched Torpedoes
(Original image from Wikipedia IJN Yamato)

At 2 pm the surviving ships finally withdrew, while the Yamato, which had damage to its rudder, could not return and became the only remaining target, 30 minutes later the Kongo-class Battleship, Nagato-class Battleship, and Ise-Class Battleship began firing continuously which damaged Yamato's first turret, followed by dive bomber attacks from the aircraft carriers Kaga, Taiho, and Zuikaku which caused Yamato to suffer heavy damage

Photos from dive bombers from the aircraft carrier Kaga show Yamato suffering heavy damage
(Original image from Wikipedia IJN Yamato)

At 4 pm the Yamato Crew tried to scuttle the Yamato so that it would not be captured by the Neo Communists, but these efforts failed and finally the Yamato was successfully captured and repaired in 1959 at Yumemori Island ShipyardsThe Yamato-class was finally retired in 1975 and stored at the Hanako Naval Arsenal

After the 7 October Tragedy

Just like the Takao-class cruisers and Oyodo-class light cruisers, the Yamato-class battleships returned to service after the October 7 tragedy and began retrofitting at the end of 2020, after completing the retrofit in 2022, Yamato was re-entered into the 11th Combined Fleet together with his old friends, Shigure, Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Yaguma, Asaguma, Soryuu, Ryujo, Hosho, Maya, and Mogami

Controls

Throttle: Move Forward
Brake: Brake and Move Backward
Roll: Steering
AG1: Activate the 46cm gun and 15.5cm gun
AG2: Activate the Air defense
AG3: Activate the Missile

Gallery

Credit

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