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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookieKF5JRV > TODAY 07.04.26 17:51l 13 Lines 584 Bytes #7 (0) @ WW BID : 22819_KF5JRV Subj: Today in History - Apr 07 Path: JH4XSY<N3HYM<VE3CGR<VK2RZ<IR0AAB<PU2XTC<KF5JRV Sent: 260407/0845Z 22819@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQ6.0.24 On April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, one of the greatest battleships of its time, is sunk in Japanβs first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japanβs only hope of destroying the Allied fleet off the coast of Okinawa. But insufficient air cover and fuel cursed the endeavor as a suicide mission. Struck by 19 American aerial torpedoes, it was sunk, drowning 2,498 of its crew. 73 de Scott KF5JRV Pmail: KF5JRV@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA Email KF5JRV@gmail.com
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