Montana-Class Battleships ... The Japanese also had their own super-battleship in the Yamato. The Americans worried this giant Japanese vessel would outclass the Iowas. The Navy Predicted that ...

The fast, slim Iowas class ships, however ... Moreover, the notional follow-on battleships (“Super Yamato” and “Super Duper Yamato,” as they are colloquially known) would have ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship ... of Yamato’s main guns, the largest in their class at ...