Posted By: velimsky (velimsky) on 'CZmilitary' Title: Re: Zajimavosti z knihy. Date: Thu Jul 20 17:27:26 2000 > Jen skoda, ze slo o Filipiny :-(((( > > Ze by to, co myslis byla Musasi ? > Ne, vim na 100%, ze Yamato byla ztracena pri "utoku" na Okinawu. Cituji z http://www.warships1.com/JAPbb08_Yamato_history.htm (mimochodem, tuto adresu doporucuji vsem milovnikum valecnych lodi): ***** When the Allied landing on Okinawa touched off desperate counter attacks by the Japanese air forces in early April, 1945, the Yamato was suddenly assigned a very unusual and grim mission code-named Ten-Go. Since the air forces were throwing everything they had, even employing suicidal attack methods in the Okinawa theater, the surface force was to use it's strength regardless of the outcome. The Yamato was filled to half capacity with almost all the fuel oil available to the Japanese and sortied on the afternoon of April 6, 1945. She was escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and the destroyers Isokaze, Hamakaze, Asashimo, Kasumi, Hatsushimo, Fuyuzuki, Suzutsuki and Yukikaze. After dropping off training cadets and sick personnel, the force left Tokuyama at 1600 hours heading for Okinawa. At 0400 hours next morning they emerged into the North Pacific southeast of Kyushu. At 0900 hours the Asashimo reported that she had developed engine trouble and dropped astern. The force composed itself into a circle with the Yamato in the center. The Ten-Go force turned southwest at 1115 hours and 15 minutes later a U.S. floatplane was spotted. The Japanese floatplanes were then flown off back to Kyushu. Soon reports were received of up to 250 aircraft heading for the force and at 1220 hours the Yamato signaled that she had detected many aircraft 33,000 yards off her port bow, just before a rain squall blotted them out. As the rain squall cleared the last battle began. At 1252 all the ships opened fire and even the Yamato's 18 inch guns joined in firing special "shotgun" shells at the attacking aircraft. The ships were only 175 miles from Kyushu and there was now no hope of reaching Okinawa. The light cruiser Yahagi was the first ship pounced on as she tried to lure as many planes as possible away from the Yamato. he was hit repeatedly by torpedoes and bombs and sank very shortly. The destroyers also were battered incessantly. The Hamakaze was sunk first then the Isokaze next. The rest were battered badly but five of them made it back to Sasebo carrying the wounded. The Yamato was hit by bombs starting at 1240 hours and then 10 minutes later she was hit on her port side by torpedoes. She then received 8 more torpedoes on her port side and two on her starboard side which served to right the ship slightly. By 1405 she could no longer maneuver and quickly lost headway. At 1417 a final torpedo hit her in the bottom as she was listing to 20 degrees and she finally rolled over. Her No.1 magazine then exploded at 1435 sending a huge cloud of smoke not unlike an atomic mushroom cloud thousands of feet in the air (it was said the cloud could be seen from Japan.). Her crew losses were astronomical as well over three quarters of her crew died. She received no less then 12 torpedo hits and almost 10 bomb hits. **** Ze stejneho zdroje jsem se pak dovedel, ze prave Musasi byla potopena 23.10.1944 SV od ostrova Palawan pri pokusu napadnout Americany v zalivu Leyte. ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Jakub VELIMSKY | velimsky@karel.troja.mff.cuni.cz | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | http://karel.troja.mff.cuni.cz/students/velimsky/velimsky.html | ------------------------------------------------------------------