Yamato

The Yamato was the largest, most powerfully armed battleship ever built. Orignially laid down in 1936, she was commissioned in December of 1941. This massive battleship weighed 72,000 tons (More than twice as heavy as was allowed under the Washington Naval Treaty) and mounted nine 18.1" guns in three triple turrets. If you're wondering how this leviathan-like warship was sunk, it was sunk by a massive air raid of over 300 US torpedo and dive bombers on April 7, 1945 during Operation Ten-Go. In game, the Yamato is tougher and more heavily armed than any other warship. It's 18.1" guns are the largest of any other warship in the game. The only other warship to even come close to this is the Iowa class battleship, with its 16" guns. One important thing to note, however, is that the Yamato, although hugely powerful, sports only three main turrets. Therefore, destroying even just one of these can seriously turn the tide of battle against the Yamato. If one of your turrets is destroyed, you should always redirect a few repairmen to weapon damage to fix them. Likewise, if playing against the Yamato, aim for the turrets to destroy them and turn the tide of battle. It will seriously tip the tide of the fight in your favor. The Yamato only appears in three maps, one of which is a single player mission, Might of Yamato. The other two are multiplayer maps: Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and Battle of Samar. In a one on one fight with almost any other warship, the Yamato will almost certainly win every time if the player controlling it is fairly skilled in naval warfare. However, although the Yamato is VERY tough, it's certainly not invincible. Its main weaknesses are submarines and aircraft, due to its lack of depth charges and fairly small amount of AA guns. (Dive bombers aren't much of a threat, but you should be careful with torpedo planes). Carpet bombers have no effect on the Yamato due to its strong deck and belt armor, so don't worry about them. One interesting thing to note about the Yamato is that it goes 25 knots, which is 5 knots faster than the New York, Fuso, and King George V classes. Another interesting note about the Yamato is that its main cannons have a range of 1.8 miles. Only the Iowa class can match this range, as all other battleships besides these two only have a range of 1.6 miles, meaning you have a slight range advantage over even most battleships. You can further exploit this to your advantage by steaming to within 1.8 miles of other battleships, trailing behind them at that range, and allow the computer to simply destroy the enemy battleship. If you're looking for the ultimate warship, this monster will definitely be your ship of choice when available.