Which was the largest battleship ever built?

Answer 1

The Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships ever built.
They were 263 metres long and had a displacment of 72,800 tonnes.

Answer 2

The Japanese battleships, the Yamato and the Musashi were the largest ever built. They also mounted the largest guns ever, 18 inch. They displaced approximately 72,000 tons fully loaded. They were both sunk by air power before the end of the war.

The Bismark was never the largest, even when it was new. It was a powerful ship, but was mostly feared as a surface raider, attacking merchant vessels. The Iowa class was the largest battleships built by the US, but not the biggest ever.

Answer 3

IJN Yamato and Musashi and the third in the class that was converted to a carrier the Shinano 68,010 tons full displacement 71,659 tons length 862 feet 9 inches,width 121 feet 1 inch complement 2,500 lain down in 1937 and all launched 1941 under great secrecy,,
Musashi was sunk during the Leyte Gulf Battle after heavy air attack and took 20 torpedoes and 17 bombs,,Shinano capsized after taking some 6 torpedo hits and Yamato was sunk on a one way suicide mission to Okinawa,,none of the battleships ever fired thier guns in anger and were never tested against an enemy,,there were never any survivors,,
she carried 9 X 18:1 inch guns,12 X 6:1 inch guns, 12 X 5inch dual purpose guns, 24 X 25mm guns, 4 X 13;2mm guns and 4 aircraft aft she could do 27 knots in 4 shaft driven units from 4 X Kampoon geered turbines producing 150,000 shp and she had up to 25 inches of armour plating on her turrets,,
Other units were planned including the B64/65 class but never got further than the design stage but would have outclassed the Yamato class
Germany had 3 ships Bismark,Turpitz and a third unit that was being refitted as an aircraft carrier the Graff Zepelin but was captured by the Russians in 1944
The UK was the Vangurd at just 46,000 tons and for the US it was the 6 ships of the Iowa class at 57,450 tones

Answer 4

The Japanese battleship Yamato was the BIGGEST battleship ever built. It was a monster of well over 75,000 tons fully loaded, with 200,000-horsepower turbines giving a top speed of 31 knots and a range of 7200 miles, and hosting a crew of 2,747 officers and men.
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Answer 5

Yamato, lead ship of a class of two 65,000-ton (over 72,800-tons at full load) battleships, was built at Kure, Japan. She and her sister, Musashi were by far the largest battleships ever built, even exceeding in size and gun caliber (though not in weight of broadside) the U.S. Navy's abortive Montana class. Their nine 460mm (18.1-inch) main battery guns, which fired 1460kg (3200 pound) armor piercing shells, were the largest battleship guns ever to go to sea, and the two ships' scale of armor protection was also unsurpassed.

Answer 6

The Yamamoto built by Japan. They did build two but one was transformed into a carrier Muashsi, the other made a suicide mission during the battle of Okinawa. The battleship was filled with just enough fuel to reach Okinawa and beach itself to act as land battery. Unfortunately for the Japanese as soon as the ship left Japan the Americans swarmed it and sank its escorts. The ship was sunk about 200 miles north of Okinawa by the Americans.

Answer 7

The Bismark

Answer 8

In terms of length, it may have been HMS Hood, which was sunk by the Bismarck.

Answer 9

The German Bismarck was one I believe.

Answer 10

I think it was the U.S.S. Missouri. Or maybe the Bismark.