Keywords: Explosion of the battleship Yamato.jpg Ten-Go Operation April 1945 <br> Smoke rises to the clouds shortly after the Japanese battleship Yamato capsized exploded and sank after receiving many bomb and torpedo hits from U S Navy carrier planes north of Okinawa 7 April 1945 Escorting destroyers are visible to the left of the smoke U S Naval Historical Center photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato-n htm 1945-04-07 Photographed from a USS Yorktown CV-10 plane Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sinking ships Operation Ten-Go Yamato ship 1941 ImageNote 1 29 479 165 44 685 650 2 Japanese Destroyers ImageNoteEnd 1 |