Note the fire in one of the A total of 10 U.S. aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the Japanese ships; some aircrews were rescued by seaplane or submarine. The aircraft are lost behind the clouds. One Helldiver was shot down. NOVA interviews two survivors of the sinking, who had to meet the most stringent requirements in the Japanese navy to be chosen for the crew. two Japanese aircraft carriers Deep sea explorers have found two Japanese aircraft carriers that were sunk in battle in World War Two. 10 aircraft Yamato was still more than 300 nautical miles from Okinawa when she went down. Yamato had been fitted with multiple air and surface search radars, as well as radio-intercept capability. Her main guns were designed to attack at an unprecedented distance of 25 miles, well beyond the range of American battleships. Additionally, 1,178 people were wounded. Thank you to all our WWII vets. Just after 1240 on 7 April, Yamato maneuvers frantically under the initial attackby USS Bennington (CV-20)and USS Hornet (CV-12) aircraft as a bomb explodes offher port side. [5] The smoke from the explosionover 4miles (6.4km) highwas seen 100miles (160km) away on Kysh. The age of the battleship was over forever. Damage Control counter-floods both starboard engine and boiler rooms and almost entirely corrects the list. Most of the battles in the Pacific dont mention anything about the small carriers that were involved. I was in a ASW squadron that still had many veterans serving and flying. YAMATO opens fire with her two forward main turrets and AA guns. Musashi (? The ships were to sink as many troop transports as possible, then beach themselves and continue firing as long as they had ammunition. But the Americans also had a battle group of eight aircraft carriers (Hornet, Bennington, Belleau Wood, San Jacinto; TG 58.3 Essex, Bunker Hill, Hancock, and Bataan) that were covering the landings. Williams)vt17 loses a torp.third attack a torp is lost.I know hornet lost a helldiver in that first attack alsostill trying to identify the 12 Americans lost (10 planes4 sb2c, 3 tbm, and 3 f6f. With the steering locked to port and the ship doomed, Admiral Ito at 1402 hours ordered the crew to abandon ship. One Avenger is shot down. Did anyone survive the Yamato sinking? photographed the destruction. The real story of the Yamato sinking March 06, 2008 On April 7, 1945, three southern boys were above the clouds north of Okinawa, 125 miles from the southernmost tip of the main Japanese islands searching for "the largest, heaviest and most powerful battleship ever constructed." . About a year before he died he told us about this battle against the Yamato and that he was involved in the attack, but no details. However, three-quarters of these (128 boats) were lost during the conflict, a proportion of loss similar that experienced by Germany's U-Boats. The wreck lies 290 kilometres (180 mi) southwest of Kyushu under 340 metres (1,120 ft) of water in two main pieces; a bow section comprising the front two thirds of the ship, and a separate stern section.. Who found battleship Yamato? (Remember, the US lost 10 planes and 12 men sinking Yamato out of more than 300 aircraft) There is no logical reason to do this. VFA-25 (1983 and continuing). The chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, Vice Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka, flew in from Tokyo to ensure that Ito would comply with Admiral Toyodas orders. They unanimously objected, most of them arguing instead to be allowed to conduct independent raiding of the over-extended U.S. supply lines. The fighter issued a contact report at 0832. In total, 97 combatants were killed and 122 wounded. [25][26] Damage to the battleship, however, was light,[25] due in part to the base being defended by elite veteran Japanese fighter instructors flying Kawanishi N1K Shiden or George fighters. A bomb impact in the dispensary killed many of the wounded who had been gathered there, along with many of the medical personnel. The light cruiser Yahagi was the first hit, less than fifteen minutes after the firing began. Yamato was still more than 300 nautical miles from Okinawa when she went down. He suggests the order to abandon ship be given. The largest battleships ever built were Yamato and Musashi of the Imperial Japanese Navy. AA guns and one hundred fifty-two 25-mm AA guns all open fire. Three of the torpedoes hit in quick succession, and Yamato took on another 3,000 tons of water and a 7-degree list. On 1 January 1945, Yamato, Haruna and Nagato were all transferred to the newly reactivated 1st Battleship Division; Yamato left drydock two days later. They lost their best battleship, a cruiser, and four destroyers along with nearly 4,200 sailors. her bow and stern where her armor was thinnest. (The Yamato force had a Nisei radio-intelligence operator. How many planes were lost attacking the Yamato? 1000 hour The Attack Force sights two large Martin Mariner PBM flying boats. By the end of the battle, Yahagi and all eight destroyers were lost. 1 magazine causing a huge explosion with a mushroom smoke cloud that was visible for 100 miles away. Ten minutes later, two more torpedoes strike her port side. A Corsair from ESSEX drops a 1000-lb GP bomb that hits the superstructure in the port bow area. The U.S. 5th Fleet commander, Admiral Raymond Spruance, ordered Task Force 54, which consisted mostly of the battleships under Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, to move in and engage the Japanese task force. More than 4,000 Japanese sailors were involved in the operation. Two immense catapultsas tall as six-story buildings when raisedlaunched the planes, and an equally enormous crane lifted them from the water upon their return to the ship. At 1234, Yamato opened fire with her two forward main battery turrets, lobbing sanshikidan shells at the U.S. aircraftto no effect. Twelve Helldivers claim several hits near the bridge and main gun turret No. 1). [1] By 14:00, two of Yamatos escorts had been sunk. Isokaze, which had her steering disabled by a near miss, suffered 20 dead and 54 wounded, and had to be scuttled by gunfire from Yukikaze. Another 110 aircraft from Task Group 58. Here, an But even as Deyo was deploying his force, Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, the commander of Task Force 58 (TF 58), acting completely on his own without orders from Spruance, launched a massive airstrike using all eight of his carriers to attempt to strike a deathblow. Twenty Avengers make a new torpedo run from 60 degrees to port. He gave the go-ahead for the strike but ordered the battlewagons to proceed in the event the Japanese fleet got through the airstrike. The mission was given to Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito, commander of the Japanese Second Fleet (pretty much all that was left of the Combined Fleet), embarked on the super-battleship Yamato. Operation Ten-Go never should have happened. Hatsushimo suffered only three wounded on 6 April, but, on 20 July, struck a mine and was the last Japanese destroyer sunk in the war. Join SOFREP for insider access and analysis. He asked what the Japanese navy was doing. At 2:10pm Yamato rolled over and began to sink with fires from her aft 6.1" turret reaching her no. She lists about seven degrees to port. The first attack wave retires. One strikes her port side near the forward windlass room. Sieber was officially credited with two bomb hits on the Yamato and received the Navy Cross for his part in helping sink the huge ship that day. that ultimately led to the supership's demise. This is the first wave of 280 aircraft (132 fighters, 50 bombers, 98 torpedo planes) from Task Group 58. One Avenger is shot down but her barrage is largely ineffective because each AA battery fires independently without coordination. The Yamato-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 long tons (74,000 t) fully loaded and armed with nine 46-centimetre (18.1 in) main guns. ), U.S. submarines were already waiting for Yamato, with orders to report rather than attack, although with the force transiting at 22 knots and frequently zig-zagging, successful attack in all but the luckiest circumstances was unlikely. sent to engage Yamato made it into position above her and soon began to Thanks for watching. Praesidus brings homage to the military watch tradition. The American planes release their bombs and torpedoes and strafe the bridge with machine-gun fire. The final phase of the Pacific war during World War II saw a terrible new tactic: massed kamikaze attacks on American ships by Japanese planes. In 1945 Carrier Air Group 17 consisted of VF-17, VBF-17, VB-17, and VT-17. this one exploding off Yamato's port bow, it was their air-launched torpedoes The force would transit to Okinawa on 7 April (with only a few hours of minimal air cover), to arrive in daylight hours in the U.S. transport area off southwestern Okinawa on 8 April. The Attack Force resumes zigzagging. John Carter, was in a perfect position to watch what unfolded. By 1420, the main deck was vertical and, at 1430, Yamato had rolled over and just gone under when the No.1 forward magazine detonated in a massive explosion that killed almost all of Yamatos crew who had survived to that point and raised a pall of smoke that could be seen for 100 miles. 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Her auxiliary rudder is jammed in position hard port. Orders to Commit Suicide The Yamato had unbelievable orders. 3s USS ESSEX (CV-9), BUNKER HILL (CV-17), BATAAN (CVL-24) and CABOT (CVL-28). Senior U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, including Admiral Raymond Spruance, Commander U.S. Fifth Fleet, knew what the battleship Yamatos mission was before almost anyone on Yamato did. Since Yamato could not get to the landing area before 8 April, there wasnt a big rush and Deyo convened a planning conference on his flagship Eldorado (AGC-11) at 1030 with plans to sortie TF 54 from the bombardment area at 1530. Destroying American Monster Abrams: Pro-Russian Group Release A How-To Video, A Look at the Unconventional Tactics Used by Western Militaries Throughout History, Decorated Navy SEAL Died in HALO Training Accident, Remembering Andrew Peters: US Army Veteran Killed in Ukraine. *Lighting a path to truth* Former Navy JAG Worldwide U.S. Military Defense. These (Video: Reuters) When the Japanese fleet approached Midway, the Americans were lying in wait. Of the 3,332 crew members aboard the Yamato, only 276 survived the sinking. The Attack Force briefly sights seven "Hellcat" fighters, but they are not seen by the escorting Zekes. This great vessel had a . The loss of these ships shocked the British government, and helped change procurement and employment strategies in both the United States and the United Kingdom. At 1333, another 110 aircraft from TG 58.4 (Yorktown, Intrepid, and Langley), which had launched after the first wave of 280 aircraft, commenced their attack on Yamato. I have his flight logs (as he never talked about the war except the death of his brother and his friends) so it is nice to get the big picture of this action. 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In all, Yamato took 12 bomb and Japanese reports claim U.S. aircraft strafed survivors in the water, but also report that attacks ceased on destroyers that were picking up survivors. Her main armament consisted of three triple 18.1-inch gun turrets that could hurl a 3,200-pound shell (compared to 2,700 pounds for the U.S. 16-inch shells) to a range of just over 22 miles. Yamato produced the mushroom cloud seen here shortly before she sank. The others kept coming. Yamato battleship's guns. The Musashi and its sister vessel, the Yamato, were two of the largest battleships ever built. In total, the U.S. lost 12 men. [1][26] Led by the man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Minoru Genda, the appearance of these fighters, which were equal or superior to the F6F Hellcat in performance, surprised the attackers, and several American planes were shot down. They would launch the worlds largest battleship, the Yamato with its enormous 18-inch guns, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers against the enormous American fleet. A torpedo strikes HAMAKAZE starboard, aft of amidships and she jackknifes. Although the battleship was in no danger of sinking at this point, the list meant that the main battery was unable to fire . She had suffered minor damage in the bridge area from a bomb hit by a Helldiver dive-bomber off Intrepid (CV-11) during U.S. carrier strikes on Kure and the Inland Sea on 19 March, but was fully fit for battle. ship's aft turrets. YAMATO turns towards the planes and opens fire unsuccessfully as does cruiser YAHAGI. One of the torpedo planes took a hit in the wing, pulled up in flames, then plunged into the sea. The Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Ito, orders the mission cancelled and directs the remaining ships to pick up as many survivors as possible. They eventually fell in line when informed that this was what the emperor wanted, that the force would serve to support the mass kamikaze air attack, and that it was an order. At 1017, Yahagi commenced jamming the Mariners communications, but by then it was too late. In the interviews below, meet two Yamato veterans still haunted by memories of the battle that took most of their comrades lives. Meanwhile, about 34 Hellcats and Corsairs and 22 Helldivers and Avengers worked over some of the other Japanese destroyers. [1][5], At 12:32 on 7 April 1945, Yamato was attacked by a first wave of 280 aircraft from Task Force 58, taking three hits (two bombs, one torpedo). The debate up to that point was whether to keep the fleet in home waters as a last-ditch defense or to send it on what everyone knew would be a one-way mission to attack the overwhelming U.S. forces expected to be at Okinawa. With Yamato slowed, U.S. torpedo planes started to deliberately target her stern to knock out her steering, and she became stuck in a starboard turn. The light cruiser YAHAGI, without headway, drifts helplessly behind the main force. Her secondary armament was significantly altered during the war by removing two of her four triple 6.1-inch turrets in favor of increased anti-aircraft armament, which, by 1945, included 12 dual 5-inch gun mounts, 54 25-mm triple mounts (162 guns), and smaller machine guns. See what made the ship both seemingly unsinkable and highly vulnerable to attack. [1] When the 1st Battleship Division was deactivated once again on 10 February, Yamato was reassigned to the 1st Carrier Division. Anatomy of Yamato VT-17 (1943-45) This is a movie Yamato 2005. YAMATO starts a sharp turn to port but three torpedoes rip into her port side amidships. went down in the battle, with the loss of just 12 men. At 1107, Yamatos Type 13 air search radar detected a large aircraft formation inbound at the radars maximum range of 63 nautical miles, and noted the aircraft formation was splitting into two groups. Executive Officer Nomura Jiro reports to Captain Aruga that his damage control officers are all dead and that counter-flooding can no longer correct the list. Far more effective was the extraordinary skill of Japanese ship captains in making evasive maneuvers to throw off aim and avoid numerous bombs and torpedoes. the Japanese were aware of Yamato's poor anti-aircraft defense and . VA-25 (1959) Air Group VI (6) 3s upper powder magazine. as she turns to avoid the onslaught from bombers. 74, although many begged to stay. This force include battleships Massachusetts (BB-59), Indiana (BB-58), South Dakota (BB-57), New Jersey (BB-62), Wisconsin (BB-64), and Missouri (BB-63) (54 16-inch guns), the battle-cruisers Alaska (CB-1) and Guam (CB-2), five cruisers, and 21 destroyers. Meanwhile, the dead-in-the-water Yahagi had soaked up at least 12 bombs and seven torpedo hits before she finally capsized and sank at 1405. YAMATO starts a turn starboard to course 230 degrees. Rather than targeting specific vessels, Stump ordered his air group to attempt to cripple as many Japanese ships as possible. This time all the attacks are concentrated against the battleship. Very interesting or happy to read about the Yamoto sinking as I was there as radioman aboard an Avenger off of the USS Langley. The remaining destroyers tried to pick up as many survivors as possible and limped back to Japan. At 1430 on 7 April 1945, more than 300 nautical miles north of Okinawa, Yamato blows up after capsizing. The attack of hundreds of US air force against Japan made Japan's biggest battleship Yamato sink. There were few Japanese survivors. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING VETERAN JOURNALISM - JOIN SOFREP+ One of the largest battleships ever built, Yamato entered service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in December 1941. He had friends wounded and killed, but the small carriers were never given credit for anything that happened. Relive the super battleship's last moments in photographs. What The Hell is Wrong with Steven Seagal? As soon as the Japanese fleet left port on April 6 at 1600 hours, and proceeded through the Bungo Strait, (many WWII film buffs will recall the strait from Run Silent, Run Deep), they were immediately picked up by two American submarines (Hackleback and Threadfin). My father, Donald Lennox, Sr. was an Avenger pilot on the San Jacinto whose torpedo is credited for striking the Asashimo. He saw four Avengers go in low, dropping their torpedoes in a spread on Yamatos beam. According to Morison, there were only 23 officers and 246 enlisted sailors who survived, which doesnt exactly match, but is close. The aft secondary battery fire control, secondary gun turret and the air search radar are knocked out. Japanese lookouts spotted the American air armada at 1232 hours and soon opened fire with Yamatos 18-inch guns firing San Shiki anti-aircraft shells that were wildly inaccurate. 4: Factual error; Musashi was sunk on Oct. 23, 1944 in the Sibuyan Sea. There are many stories about the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. At 1322, an Essex Corsair hit Yamato in the port bow with a 1,000-pound general-purpose bomb. At 14:23, having taken 10 torpedo and 7 bomb hits, Yamatos forward ammunition magazines detonated. But in 'one of history's greatest salvage jobs,' many of the sunken ships rose to fight the Axis. At 1115, Yamatos radar indicated the two air groups were at 44 miles and closing rapidly. Her secondary armament . A Curtiss Helldiver bomber like the one seen at right Before getting underway, the Surface Special Attack Force put ashore 67 recently arrived midshipmen of the Etajima Naval Academy Class No. The only time Yamato fired her main guns at enemy targets was in October 1944, but was ordered to turn back after attacks by destroyers and aircraft of the Taffy light escort carrier task groups managed to sink three heavy cruisers during the Battle off Samar. At 1302, Yamatos remaining air search radar detected a second inbound wave. 129 Japanese soldiers were killed. Both the U.S. Fifth Fleet commander, Admiral Spruance, and Vice Admiral Mitscher (commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force, TF 58), who had access to the Ultra communications intelligence and were expecting the sortie, immediately reacted to the submarine reports. Yamato (, lit. Thirty-four Hellcats, 22 Helldivers and one Corsair attack YAMATOs escorts. About 1,620 survivors of Yamato, Yahagi, Hamakaze, Isokaze, and Kasumi were rescued by the surviving Japanese destroyers. Their solution was to bolt a shit load of 25mm open AA gun mounts where ever they could which left the sailor's firing them very exposed to enemy MG's. The USN would rake the hell out of just one side of a BB like Yamato and soften up the AAA for the torpedo planes and dive bombers to attack. How many US planes were lost sinking the Yamato? When the U.S. invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945, the Japanese had no naval answer to the invasion force. Of firing 3,220-lb shells over 26 miles pilots and eight aircrewmen were missing and presumed dead how many planes were lost sinking the yamato. You must become a subscriber or login to view or post comments on this article. This was taken as a yet another bad omen. Then it was supposed to beach itself, run aground, and use the ship as a makeshift fort. Forced to wait out much of the war due to her vulnerability to air attack, Yamato was committed in a last, desperate gamble during the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. Posted August 23, 2013. this photo from 1941 shows the construction details of the Yamato's rear aircraft deck, side 6-inch guns that were replaced by AA guns later in the war, as well as the aft superstructure and main turret #3. Weighing 72,800 tons. The Imperial Japanese Navy ceases to exist as a fighting force. (Although U.S. carrier air groups complement had been changed to have a mix of about three quarters fighters to defend against kamikaze and only one quarter bombers and torpedo planes, the fighters had been trained and gotten pretty good at being used in a fighter-bomber role, and, with no Japanese air opposition, had the freedom to do so.) Yamato maneuvers while under attack by U.S. Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa, 7 April 1945, maneuvering evasively at a brisk 15 to 20 knots. In a separate attack, compani Yamato lies on the floor of the East China Sea, 200 miles north of Okinawa, blown apart by one of the most massive explosions ever to occur at sea. DesDiv 17s HAMAKAZE takes a near miss on her starboard quarter that disables her starboard shaft. Eight Japanese destroyers and one cruiser, the Yahagi (left), tried to assist Yamato in fending off her attackers. Built in total secrecy and launched just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yamato may have been almost twice the size of her American counterparts, with the largest guns ever mounted on a warship. On April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, one of the greatest battleships of its time, is sunk in Japan's first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. At 1407, she was struck by at least the seventh torpedo, this time to starboard. Armor-piercing and other bombs make a shambles of her upper works. The Imperial Japanese Navy's super-battleship Yamato, shown here during pre-commission running trials in the Bungo Strait between the Home Islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, 20 October 1941 (NH 73092). Vice Admiral Ito and YAMATOs skipper Captain Aruga and 3,055 of 3,332 crewmen are lost. WORLD WAR II. YAMATO is hit by two AP bombs. The fighters attacked first, strafing the anti-aircraft guns on the decks with machine guns and rockets. When Yamato sank, marking the last Japanese naval action of the war, she took 2,747 men with herall but 269 of her crew. With this contact information, Spruance ordered Deyo to ready the blocking force. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING VETERAN JOURNALISM - JOIN SOFREP+ , When the U.S. invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945, the Japanese had, So, the admirals concocted what they termed, Operation Ten-Go (Operation Heaven One). US warplanes sank the Musashi on 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, believed to be. 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