![]() Yamato-class Battleship Commissioned in December 1941, the Yamato battleships were the largest in military history. Her wreck was located in March 2015 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his team of researchers. Musashi was sunk by an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 bomb hits from American carrier-based aircraft on 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. She was present during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June, but did not come in contact with American surface forces. Torpedoed in early 1944 by an American submarine, Musashi was forced to return to Japan for repairs, where the navy greatly augmented her anti-aircraft armament. She was used to transfer forces and equipment between Japan and various occupied islands several times in 1944. The ship was transferred to Truk in early 1943 and sortied several times that year with the fleet in unsuccessful searches for American forces. Named after Japan's ancient Musashi Province, the Musashi was commissioned in mid-1942, modified to serve as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and spent the rest of the year working up. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) Type 94 main guns. Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships. Please see the product description for links to similar items we still have available. We regret this item is no longer available for sale. Yamato-class Battleship 1:1100 Diecast Model - Eaglemoss EG-WW0004 - $24.95 ![]()
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