No comparison to the modern lethality of modern torpedos, aerial bombs, and air to surface anti-ship cruise missiles w/ 1000 kilo HE warheads. Armor is no defense.
No comparison to the modern lethality of modern torpedos, aerial bombs, and air to surface anti-ship cruise missiles w/ 1000 kilo HE warheads. Armor is no defense.
The Yamato was on a suicide mission with no air support and the Imperial Japanese Navy was on its last legs. The Yamato force was attacked by 386 airplanes in the first wave and hit with 309 in the second wave. They were simply overwhelmed and had no way to fight back. The Yamato and Musashi were sunk at the time when Japan had no effective carrier force to counteract the American threat Had the Japs been able to have effective air cover sinking them would not have been as easy. A BB in a SAG would have the benefit of air cover plus the countermesasures on the escorts which are quite capable of dealing with the threats. Risk of destruction is always a fact in any naval combat operation. The best you can do is use tactics and countermeasures.
Armor is a defense. Our Abrams tanks absorb hits from the latest in AA technology and still survive and there armor technology is over 30 years old. The modern naval ordnance we have is designed to deal with unarmored ships which are not protected and not stoutly constructed. AP weapons would simply punch holes in them and pass through without exploding.