Naval Guns of the Yamato-class Battleships

[temujin77]

Originally Posted by lufttiger

When they did learn this lesson they right away converted one, the Shinano from a Yamato class BB, the second one never finished before the end of the war.

Actually, the third. The second Yamato-class was the battleship Musashi.

[lufttiger]

I was refering to carriers not the BB, i think they had two ready to be BB,
which then they converted one, but never finished the other.

[temujin77]

Originally Posted by lufttiger

I was refering to carriers not the BB, i think they had two ready to be BB,
which then they converted one, but never finished the other.

There were a total of three hulls in this class.

The first hull launched as the battleship Yamato, which we don't have to go into details for

The second hull launched as the battleship Musashi. Musashi was the ship that brought Yamamoto's ashes back to Japan and participated in the Leyte Gulf naval battle (Battle of Sibuyan Sea, specifically), among others.

The third hull was converted to carrier Shinano, which was sunk only a handful of miles out of Yokosuka. She sank like a rock because her watertight doors were not installed yet. More details here:

WW2DB: Shinano

Thus, there were actually three hulls, though only two were considered "Yamato-class". The third hull is considered the first ship in a new class of warships since Shinano was not at all a battleship.

[lufttiger]

Yep knew all of that, but.....i believe there was a fourth hull in the drydock
not completed due to the end of the war?

[temujin77]

Originally Posted by lufttiger

Yep knew all of that, but.....i believe there was a fourth hull in the drydock
not completed due to the end of the war?

Hehe, I guess I'm still hung up on your use of the word "second". I can get anal like that :P

Yes, you're right, there was another hull. It was scrapped pretty early on in the war (1942 or 1943?) when it was only partially complete. I think it was a priority change, but I forgot the exact reason.

[lufttiger]

Thats me, unable to explain myself better in type, than in words.
I need one of those talk into your computer and have it type it out for me, damit

[temujin77]

Originally Posted by lufttiger

Thats me, unable to explain myself better in type, than in words.
I need one of those talk into your computer and have it type it out for me, damit

Here you go:

Amazon.com: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Essentials: Windows: Software

[lufttiger]

Now were talking, i gotta get me one of those.

[temujin77]

Originally Posted by lufttiger

Now were talking, i gotta get me one of those.

They are pretty nice, but I hear you have to give it enough time to train. In the beginning the training can be tedious, but I hear it's nice once it knows your pattern of speech.

[Pirate-Drakk]

Originally Posted by temujin77

Yes, you're right, there was another hull. It was scrapped pretty early on in the war (1942 or 1943?) when it was only partially complete. I think it was a priority change, but I forgot the exact reason.

I forgot about the Shinano and didn't know there was a 4th hulll. Good info, thanks!