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To: BenLurkin

Actually only two Mushashi and Yamato sister ships

Leyte Gulf was a major screw up by Halsey who got fooled by the Japanese


12 posted on 03/04/2015 10:50:54 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

The Japanese should have won Leyte Gulf—but they backed off before they scattered the invasion fleet. They should have pressed home their attack with the Yamoto. Japan should have used more Kamazazis too.


19 posted on 03/04/2015 12:08:50 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

3 if you count IJN Shinano — a Yamato class hull fitted out as an auxiliary aircraft carrier. She was sunk by a spree of 4 torpedoes fired from USS Archer Fish (SS-311). Because her internal structure was not complete, she sank after failed attempts to tow by her escorts.


20 posted on 03/04/2015 12:46:43 PM PST by Tallguy
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