"Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Musashi" Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Mar 2015 3:32 p.m. PST |
"…That vessel, together with its sister ship, the Yamato, were the largest and most heavily armed battleships constructed in naval history (Robert Farley has written about the Yamato here). The Musashi was sunk during World War II and was discovered in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines on March 1. Given the significance of the find, which also comes as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, I thought I would briefly expand on the significance of the Musashi in a separate post. The Musashi was built as part of the Yamato class of vessels planned in 1937, of which there only were two battleships. They were designed to offset projected American numerical superiority in an ongoing U.S.-Japan naval race, which intensified following Japan's withdrawal from the Washington Naval Treaty and the League of Nations. They were also built in secrecy – the United States did not know about the ongoing construction despite the fact that it was going on close to its consulate in Japan. Akira Yoshimura, in the book Battleship Musashi: The Making and Sinking of the World's Biggest Battleship, goes through the construction process in in detail. Personnel who worked on the ship at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard were reportedly required take a secret oath which read as follows: I am aware that all work involving the construction of the No. 2 Battleship is vital to national security. I will make the utmost effort to maintain the secrecy of the project, and swear that I will leak no information relating to the said battleship, even to relatives and close friends. In the event that I should violate this oath, I will submit to the punishment determined by the company and the Navy…" fULL Article here link Amicalement Armand |
Captain Gideon | 06 Mar 2015 9:32 a.m. PST |
Tango01 there was to be 5 Yamato class Battleships but only Yamato and Musashi were completed as Battleships while a third ship Shinano was completed as a Carrier. The other 2 Yamato class Battleships were never started. |
Tango01 | 06 Mar 2015 10:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks for your guidance my friend (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Captain Gideon | 06 Mar 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
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Old Contemptibles | 06 Mar 2015 10:00 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 06 Mar 2015 11:28 p.m. PST |
Well, this is the SECOND article about the Musashi my friend. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Captain Gideon | 12 Mar 2015 8:34 p.m. PST |
Just finished watching the almost 2 1/2 hour CNN feed of the Musashi Expedition and I really liked what I saw. It appears that Musashi is in worse condition than Yamato for they think that there were 2 magazine explosions after the ship sank. Did anyone else see this? |
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