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Why Japan's Plan for a "Super" Battleship During World War II Never Happened

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The Japanese battleship Yamato in the late stages of construction alongside of a large fitting out pontoon at the Kure Naval Base, Japan, 20 September 1941. U.S. Navy, courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Shizuo Fukui.

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The Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis in 1912. Courtesy of the International Naval Research Organization.

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