-The Yamato's fate was sealed during Operation Ten-Go, a suicide mission in which the ship was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft on April 7, 1945, marking the end of the battleship era.

On April 1st, 1945, after having served in the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, it was en route to Okinawa as part of Operation Ten-Go when a swarm of planes from the U.S. carrier fleet attacked.

The Yamato was used in a suicide-style mission as part of Operation Ten-Go in the Battle of Okinawa. The ship was destroyed en route, however, after taking 10 torpedo and seven bomb hits from ...