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KF5JRV > TODAY 07.04.90 10:57l 11 Lines 582 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Apr 07
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On April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, one of the greatest battleships of its time, is sunk in Japanâ€Ös first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa.
Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japanâ€Ös 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.
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