Hasegawa 1:450 IJN Battleship Yamato Kit HAZ01Yamato was a Japanese battleship laid under the keel in 1937, launched in August 1940, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in December 1941. The total length of the ship was 263 meters, width 38. 9 meters, and a full displacement of 65,000 tons. The maximum speed of battleship Yamato was around 27 28 knots. The main armament at the time of the launch was 9 460 mm guns in three turrets of three guns each, and the secondary armament was