[WKUHilltopper]

“...Japanese Navy’s biggest warship...”

I thought the Yamato was the biggest Japan ever had.

[TalonDJ]

They made 3. One was converted to a carrier part way. The other was Musashi.

[skeeter]

The Japanese planned four of these - Yamato, Musashi were completed as battleships, Shinano was completed as a carrier. The fourth wasn't completed at all.

It may not have even been started as it became clear after the war's onset that Japan needed the material for carrier construction.

[skeeter]

BTW the Musashi was better constructed than Yamato - it took far more punishment and took longer to sink.

[Svartalfiar]

Reading the rest of the excerpt..

The Musashi - which, along with its sister ship Yamato, was the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleship ever constructed