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World War II: The Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the heaviest and most powerfully armed ever constructed, was sunk by American aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Japanese battleship Musashi
Yamato-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Musashi was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s. The Yamato-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing almost 72,000 long tons (73,000 t) fully…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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