- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: US Naval Institute Press (Mar 1 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087021019X
- ISBN-13: 978-0870210198
- Product Dimensions: 26.5 x 24.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 998 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,639,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
This richly detailed tribute to the legendary Yamato is now back in print by popular demand. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armor and having the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II. This classic in the Anatomy of the Ship series contains a full description of the design and construction of the battleship including wartime modifications, and a career history. This is followed by a substantial pictorial section with rare onboard views of Yamato and her sister ship, a comprehensive portfolio of more than 600 perspective and three-view drawings, and 30 photographs. Such a handsome and thorough work is guaranteed to impress modelmakers, ship enthusiasts, and naval historians.
About the Author
Janusz Skulski is the author of The Heavy Cruiser Takao.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A fine book, but not sure why I got it now.,
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This review is from: The Battleship Yamato (Hardcover)
OK, now that I have this book, I'm not sure why I got it. Maybe I should sell it since it seems to have gone out of print again and the used versions have skyrocketed in price! My copy is still in mint condition (barely opened!).The book is mainly composed of engineering draft quality line drawings of the various parts of the Yamato (some 159 pages), with breakdowns of virtually every external part of the ship conceivable (e.g., masts, gun turret machinery, steam pipe vents, tackle, etc.). Nothing about the innards of the ship. There's 8 pages of photographs, and sixteen pages of text describing the Yamato's history and construction. A great book for model builders and Ultra-Enthusiasts of battleships! Too bad I'm not one of those..... what the heck was I thinking anyways?.... it's just too easy to click and order from Amazon.com.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The largest battleship ever built,
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This review is from: The Battleship Yamato (Hardcover)
Yes, this is back in print. The largest of the Anatomy of the ship series, the detail is mindboggling. The immense vessel truely depicts the stupidity of war, that large brute force will win the day. The scale of this ship, and the detail in this book is nothing but intimidating. This is almost twice the size of the great US battleships, and to even contemplate building a model, do not even waste your money unless you had this works, and even then, when you see the amount of diagrams in this book, it will either put you off as you may not think you can do it justice, or you will spend at least a year trying to get it close to detail.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lavishly illustrated book about a gigantic battleship,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Battleship Yamato (Hardcover)
The Yamato class battleships of the IJN were the largest battleships ever built, and this book examines the Yamato piece by piece. The book was copyrighted in 1988. The author, Janusz Skulski, has obviously put years of detailed research into this book. This is not a story. The different sections of the book (A-L) focus on the different aspects of the ship. For example, section C is "superstructure." The use of the term "scale" shows readers how big components of the ships were. For example, the barbette for the 18" guns is 4" in diameter in the book with a 1/150 scale. A side profile of the ship fills two 9" square pages and the scale marker says 1/600 scale. There are only a few pages of text at the beginning, and a good photo section. The text is entirely factual and deals with the ship rather than the human side of IJN battleship operations. The ship is "taken apart" in a most thorough level of detail. It is just like you have gone back in time and place and are reviewing the construction blueprints for approval! Unfortunately, the author could not obtain much machinery information, but that wasn't his fault. There was no research information available about machinery, but the other areas (general arrangement, superstructure, armament, fittings, rig, aircraft, ship's boats, and condition of the wreck) made up for this. I give the author and the book 5 stars because the level of detail is extremely high. Interlibrary loan is your best bet to read this book, as the title is out of print. This is a must have book for all serious battleship fans.
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