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From: KF5JRVDate: Tue, 07 Apr 26 08:45:00 Z
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Subject: Today in History - Apr 07
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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.
Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japan’s only hope of destroying the Al
lied fleet off the coast of Okinawa. But insufficient air cover and fuel cursed the endeavor as a suicide mission. Struck by 19
American aerial torpedoes, it was sunk, drowning 2,498 of its crew.
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