What was the name of the world's heaviest battleship?
The Yamato was the heaviest battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) 45 Caliber Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship. Sunk 7 April 1945.
Bismarck displaced 41,700 t (41,000 long tons) as built and 50,300 t (49,500 long tons) fully loaded, with an overall length of 251 m (823 ft 6 in). The battleship was Germany's largest warship. Sunk 27 May 1941.
USS Iowa's displacement was 45,000 tons with a length of 887 ft 3 in (270.43 m).
HMS Vanguard: 44,500 long tons (45,200 t) length: 814 ft 4 in (248.2 m)
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Raashid Khan
Reading about the wars and battles a sad feeling takes over.
Mike McDougall
I think I'd prefer being a sailor on a garbage scow than on one of the largest ships in the fleet. Nothing but a big bulls-eye painted on your side.
stormejohn
Jan Croucher, The Yamato was 862' 10" long, while the Iowa class battle ships were a bit longer overall they were not as wide nor as heavy therefor they could not sport quite as large of guns. The US navy decided to limit the size of their largest battleships so that they could pass through the Panama Canal. A very wise decision.
Julie Allen
Launched in 1942 alongside its sister ship, the Yamato, the Musashi became the flagship of the main fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy the following year. The two ships were among the largest and most powerful ever built, measuring 862 feet (263 meters) long and weighing in at 73,000 tons. Their maximum height reached some 183 feet (56 meters), about the height of a 16-story building. Armed with 56-centimeter main guns¬¬—the largest and most powerful of any warship—the Yamato and Musashi were designed to help Japan combat the much larger naval force of the United States during World War II.
Terry Masterson
LongTon (tonne) is:
A long ton is defined as exactly 2,240 pounds. The long ton arises from the traditional British measurement system: A long ton is 20 long hundredweight (cwt), each of which is 8 stone (1 stone = 14 pounds).
earlepg
Mike McDougall, That same thought entered my mind a few times when boats came near the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier when we were in Tonkin Gulf 1966-68.
Janie Graves-Geoffrion
Alan B Mitchell, a ton is 2000 lbs, but a long ton is approximately 2204.6 lbs.
Richard S
Yamato's sister ship was heavier, wrong answer. It was the Musashi
Pierre Poirier
I knew it was. Japenese one . And the Yamato was the only name sounding japenese
Joseph A. Robitaille
It was 863 feet in long. Good Q and A.
Ken Ferguson
And was heavier
Ken Ferguson
The Tirpitz , sister ship of the Bismarck, had additional fittings abscess heavier.
Sharon Pierson
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royalsfan
Veronica Luby-Hoey, say bye.
ninakamwene
I just visited the SS Iowa and her mascot dog Vicky. She is my favorite!
Carole Benner
Lucky guess!
Joe Allwood
krkyates, that would be battle axe...
Ed Taber
stormejohn, There was a third Yamato hull that was converted to a aircraft carrier but while sailing from the construction sight it was torpedoed by a US Sub. As the watertight doors had not yet been made water tight it was beached and abandoned.