which battleship would win if they ever met? yamato or missouri?

Question

please state why one would have the advantage over the other.

Answer 1

I see where you are going with this:



Hypothetical:



Yamato vs. U.S.S. Missouri



Close battle if it were ship to ship. Few factors to consider. Yamato had a longer Gun Range and larger tonnage and thicker armor. Missouri had speed and maneuverability plus advanced gunnery radar.



Now, if you are considering a "Jutland" type scenario. Fleet vs. Fleet. ( no aircraft carriers, ) I would go with the Japanese Imperial Fleet.



Reason: The Tone and Chikuma Class Heavy Cruisers outclassed the U.S. support fleets.

Answer 2

Good question. I would think Missouri would win for a couple of reasons. First, even though Yamato had 18" guns to Missouri's 16"guns, Missouri had longer range, and far better accuracy. She was also faster, and much more maneuverable. The U.S. fast battleships were much more technologicly advanced, having radar controlled guns, and automatic feeders. While Yamato was without question an impressive warship, she was plagued with problems. Towards the end, the Imperial Navy had suffered immense losses, were without raw materials to build new ships, and for the most part, all of their major shipyards and manufacturing plants were destroyed. The result of that was Yamato was constantly breaking down. There were no new parts to replace the worn, broken, or damaged parts. The culmination of all that was the Japanese Navy's decision to send Yamato out on what was essentially a Kamikaze mission, during which time she was destroyed. Anyway, Missouri would have won.

Answer 3

Let's say in a fantasy world where both ships are revived with their best incarnation and best crew.



Mighty Mo is still going to mop the floor with the Yamato because while the Yamato was sleeping with the fishes for the past 50 years the Mighty Mo was only recently retired in 1992, before that the upgrades to Mighty Mo were in the 1980's are:



8 new armored box launchers for Tomahawk cruise missiles

4 quadruple canister launchers for 16 anti-ship harpoon missles



Weapons much more high-tech, accurate, effective and long range than its 16" gun turrets.



Probably the Mighty Mo didn't even need a good crew just someone that could target the Yamato 2500km away with the Tomahawk's, at 2500km away with 8 launchers its not really a fair fight.



To make it fair you probably had to add the Bismarck and Tirpitz in the Yamato's fleet.

Answer 4

Well, if you're talking in real time, the Yamato couldn't possibly accomplish much because on April 7, 1945 she was hit by successive waves of US carrier based aircraft and sank after absorbing at least thirteen torpedo hits. Less than 300 out of 3,400 crew onboard survived.



Her characteristics were:



Displacement: Trial displacement of 68,200 British tons (69,294 tonnes)

Standard displacement of 64,000 British tons (65,027 tonnes)



Length: 256 m (839.88 ft) at water-line

263 m (862.85 ft) overall



Beam: 38.9 m (130.90 ft)

Draught: 10.4 m (34.12 ft)

Propulsion: 12 Kanpon boilers, driving 4 steam turbines

150,000 shp (110 MW) Four 3-bladed propellers, 6.0 m (19.7 ft) diameter



Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)

Range: 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)

Complement: 2,750

Armor: 650 mm on face of turrets

410 mm side armor, inclined 20 degrees 200 mm armored deck



Armament: 9 x 46 cm (18.2 inch) (3x3)

12 x 15.5 cm (6.1 inch) (4x3) 12 x 12.7 cm (6x2) 24 x 25 mm AA (8x3) 4 x 13 mm AA (2x2)



Aircraft: 7, 2 catapults



The USS Missouri was the final battleship to be built by the United States, the second-to-last in the world after HMS Vanguard, and the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. She was decommissioned a final time on March 31, 1992



Her characteristics are:



Displacement: 45,000 t empty

58,000 t full

Length: 887 ft 3 in (270.43 m)

Beam: 108 ft 2 in (32.98 m)

Draft: 38 ft (11.6 m)

Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)

Complement: 1,851

Armament:

1943 9 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns

20 5 in (125 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns

80 40 mm, 56 cal. Anti-Aircraft guns

49 20 mm, 70 cal. Anti-Aircraft guns

1950 9 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns

20 5 in (125 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns

1986 9 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns

12 5 in (125 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns

32 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles

16 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles

4 20 mm, 76 cal. CIWS



Radars: AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar

AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar



Fire control: 4 × Mk 37 Gun Fire Control

2 × Mk 38 Gun Director

1 × Mk 40 Gun Director



EW: AN/SLQ-32



Other: AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Decoy System

8 × Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers (SRBOC)



Armor: Belt: 12.1in (307mm)

Bulkheads: 11.3in (287mm)

Barbettes: 11.6-17.3in (295-339mm)

Turrets: 19.7in (500mm)

Decks: 7.5in (190.5mm)

Answer 5

Missouri because the Yamato was sunk and the mighty Mo is still around...

Answer 6

The MIGHTY MO had radar fire control which would give her the advantage , Yamato would be pounded PINK before she could get to visual range .

Answer 7

I'd say Missouri because it's the one most recently used. (see Gulf War) Yamato is old and doesn't have tomahawks and AEGIS or whatever.

Answer 8

The Yamato would win because it had bigger guns and better trained sailors.

Answer 9

The aircraft carrier that was 200 miles away.

Answer 10

Never played "Naked Battleship" but I have played other naked games. Everybody is a winner.