[Gator101]

The Yamato, and her sister Musashi, were the largest battleships ever made.

[Artemis Webb]

When I was a kid I was into water line models. I believe I had the Yamato. Damn I loved those things. My favorite was Prince of Wales ( I wasn't particular about years of operation or what hemisphere they served in...they just had to be "cool").

If I remember right the U.S. was building a battleship larger than the Iowa class to be called the Montana class, about 1/3 larger than the Iowa's...but construction was canceled due to the Montana's not fitting wartime needs.