Forces of Valor FOV861121A Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Class Super Battleship - Yamato, Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, Okinawa, 1945, Okinawa, 1945 [Full Hull Version] (1:700 Scale)

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Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Class Super Battleship - Yamato, Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, Okinawa, 1945, Okinawa, 1945 [Full Hull Version] (1:700 Scale)

Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Class Super Battleship - Yamato, Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, Okinawa, 1945, Okinawa, 1945 [Full Hull Version]

Forces of Valor Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Class Super Battleship - Yamato, Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, Okinawa, 1945, Okinawa, 1945 [Full Hull Version]

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Forces of Valor FOV861121A Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Class Super Battleship - Yamato, Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, Okinawa, 1945, Okinawa, 1945 [Full Hull Version] (1:700 Scale) "In case opportunity for destruction of a major portion of the enemy fleet is offered, or can be created, such destruction becomes the primary task."
- Admiral Chester Nimitz to Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, concerning his order prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

The Yamato class battleships were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) constructed and operated during World War II. Displacing 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) at full-load, the vessels of the class were the largest, heaviest, and most heavily-armed battleships ever constructed. The class carried the largest naval artillery ever fitted to a warship, nine 460-millimetre (18.1 in) naval guns, each capable of firing 2,998-pound (1,360 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 km). Two battleships of the class (Yamato and Musashi) were completed, while a third - Shinano - was converted to an aircraft carrier during construction.

On the eve of the Allies' occupation of Japan, special service officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyed virtually all records, drawings, and photographs of or relating to the Yamato-class battleships, leaving only fragmentary records of the design characteristics and other technical matters. The destruction of these documents was so efficient that until 1948 the only known images of the Yamato and Musashi were those taken by United States Navy aircraft involved in the attacks on the two battleships. Although some additional photographs and information from documents that were not destroyed have come to light over the years, the loss the majority of written records for the class has made extensive research into the Yamato class somewhat difficult. Because of the lack of written records, information on the class largely came from interviews of Japanese officers following Japan's surrender.

Shown here is a 1:700 scale replica of the Imperial Japanese Navy super battleship Yamato, when it participated in Operation Kikusui Ichi-Go, the ill-fated attempt to disrupt the US landings at Okinawa during April 1945. Sold Out!

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Length: 16-inches

Release Date: February 2023

Historical Account: "Operation Kikusui" - Operation Kikusui was a series of suicidal air attacks by Imperial Japanese forces during the Battle of Okinawa against Allied fleets in the waters around Okinawa, as part of Operation Ten-Go. The name of the operation, "Kikusui" (Japanese: "Chrysanthemum Water"), comes from the hata-jirushi of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige.

On April 6th, 1945, the Japanese military commenced Operation Kikusui I (referred to by the Army as the 1st total air assault), with 391 Navy planes and 133 Army planes (of which 215 Navy planes and 82 Army planes were kamikazes) taking part. US Navy anti-air radar picket destroyers deployed in the waters off Okinawa bore the brunt of the attack. At 12:26 pm, the destroyer Haynsworth became the first warship struck. The destroyers Bush and Colhoun were sunk by kamikazes and the destroyers Newcomb and Leutze took heavy damage; the battleship Maryland and 10 other destroyers were targeted by kamikazes as well. The US Navy claimed the loss of three destroyers, one amphibious warfare ship and two munitions transports, along with over 10 other ships heavily damaged.

During Operation Kikusui I, the Surface Special Attack Force, consisting of the battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers, under the command of Vice-Admiral Seiichi Ito, left for Okinawa to support ground defense operations there, but were repulsed by over 300 carrier aircraft belonging to Admiral Mitscher's Task Force 58 at Bou-no-Misaki, between Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands, on April 7th; this came to be known in Japan as the Naval Battle of Bou-no-Misaki. The Imperial Japanese Navy lost the battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi, and four destroyers. The Japanese military continued air attacks between April 8th and 11th, and on April 11th the aircraft carrier Enterprise and the battleship Missouri were damaged by kamikaze aircraft, and the aircraft carrier Essex took hull damage below the waterline.

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Plastic and diecast metal construction
Can be displayed as a waterline or full draught replica
Turrets rotate
Guns elevate
Comes atop golden pillars on a wood-like display plinth with etched metallic name plate

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Beautiful Yamato!	Monday, August 18, 2025
Reviewer: Dale Ernhout from Westfield, MA United States

The model is absolutely beautiful. I love the color of the ship and the simulated wood decking, detail looks amazing! Well worth the price!

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Yamato Super Battleship	Monday, September 25, 2023
Reviewer: Robert McNamara from Haverhill, MA United States

My first Big Battleship 1:700 scale the Yamato is unreal perfect size great detail I like how everything is in Japanese to make it more authentic great deal for the money can't wait to get the USS Missouri same size cant go wrong for the money. Great deal

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