The End Of The Yamato -- The Yamato is shown a few minutes before she was ungulfed by the waves. Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire of the Yamato and her screening force, Naval pilots pressed home the attack, hitting the battleship with at least eight torpedoes and eight heavy bombs. In this series of three action shots, how Japan's mighty battleship, the Yamato, was sunk in the East China Sea following a smashing attack of fast U.S. carrier task-force dive bombers on April 7, 194-5. In the battle, the air­craft also sank 3 destroyers and 2 cruisers and left 3 other destroyers burning. May 04, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photo).