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Japanese Sailor on Yamato's Last Day: How 300 U.S. Planes Obliterated Japan’s Super Battleship

On April 7, 1945, Petty Officer Takeshi Yamamoto stood aboard the IJN Yamato—the largest, most heavily armored battleship ever built—and believed, like every Japanese sailor, that it was unsinkable. By sunset, it was gone. In this episode of WW2 Enemy’s Diary, we relive the final hours of the Yamato through the eyes of a crewman who watched 288 American aircraft from 11 U.S. carriers unleash a coordinated, two-hour onslaught that turned Japan’s “divine” warship into a burning wreck. The Yamato was a marvel: 72,000 tons Nine 18.1-inch guns (largest ever built) Armor up to 16 inches thick Yet it carried inadequate anti-aircraft guns—because Japan refused to accept that air power had replaced battleships. As Takeshi later wrote: “300 U.S. planes sank the unsinkable… America’s air power was godlike.” This wasn’t just a sinking—it was the death of an era. While Japan clung to steel giants, America had already won the future with Essex-class carriers, radar-guided Hellcats, and industrial-scale air wings. The Yamato’s mission? A suicide run to Okinawa with no air cover, no fuel to return, and no hope. The U.S. Navy didn’t just sink a ship—they buried the battleship doctrine forever. ➡️ Primary sources: U.S. Navy action reports (Task Force 58), survivor testimonies from Yamato crew, Requiem for Battleships (Japanese Naval Archives), U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. 🔔 New episodes every Tuesday & Friday—where the defeated reveal why America didn’t just win the Pacific… it redefined naval warfare. 👍 Subscribe to honor the Greatest Generation and witness the moment U.S. air power became unstoppable. #WW2 #Yamato #USNavy #MilitaryHistory #PacificWar #WW2Documentary #GreatestGeneration #NavalWarfare #WW2EnemyDiary #AmericanAirPower