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end of the book contains a compilation of thumbnail- sized photographs showing a chronological history of each ship. T ere is a technical specifi cation of both vessels showing their confi guration at launching.
Many of the photographs in the book have been pub- lished before. What makes this book unique is they are shown here with exceptional clarity. T e famous picture of Yamato under construction next to the car- rier Hosho is a prime example. Page 8 shows the orig- inal photograph, and pages 9-11 shown increasing zoom shots of the original image. All magnifi cations show excellent clarity. T e close-ups reveal great de- tail of the main and secondary gun turrets. Next are some images of Yamato’s main gun turrets under construction followed by several shots of sea trials. A half dozen pictures of Yamato at Truk Harbor in 1943 are followed by several shots of the ship under air attack at the Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944 and the fi nal battle off Okinawa in April 1945. T e attack photographs were all taken by United States Navy pilots.
Most photographs of these ships capture them from construction up until the 1943 Truk Harbor images. Both ships carried 6-inch triple wing turrets at this time. T e wing turrets were removed prior to the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944. T is was done to greatly augment the anti-aircraſt capability of both ships. Yamato’s anti-aircraſt capability was fur- ther upgraded in early 1945 prior to its sinking. Few photographs of these later war confi gurations exist. T e few that were taken were destroyed at the end of the war. Most late war shots that do exist were taken by attacking enemy planes.
T e photographs are published in original form. Some are out of focus and some are scratched. T e authors wanted to publish them due to the rarity of Yamato and Musashi photographs. T is in no way de- tracts from their importance, and I am glad they were included in this book.
Overall this is an excellent photographic compilation of these two famous ships. T e closeups of previous- ly-published photographs are very well done. Model-
ers will have no shortage of close-up, detailed images to aid in their models. I highly recommend this book.
— Joe Simon Jackson, Wisconsin
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