Just a nice pic - Navy

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Buckley underway:

 

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Meet the IJN Zipang: the 500,000-ton battleship that made Yamato look tiny​

Ultimately doomed to remain a through experiment, the IJN Zipang remains one of the most interesting ship concepts ever.

ByChristopher McFadden
May 07, 2026 11:34 AM EST


Mock-up of the IJN Zipang next to a regular-sized batteship.

 

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Can you imagine what that monster would have been like had the Japanese actually built it? Even the Montana class, had it been built, would have paled in comparison.

Model of the Montana class:

 

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That beat the Turtle by 50 years!

 

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40 battleships in 10 years

 

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40 battleships in 10 years

Look how far the Royal Navy has fallen.

 

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Russian battleship

 

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Close call

 

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INS Mormugao.... very sleek design....


INS Mormugao

 

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Ghost fleet, Suisun Bay, 1965:

 

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Ghost fleet, Suisun Bay. The ship on the right-most side is the USS Iowa:

 

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Retro Japan: Ship built in 1930 that trained more than 10,000 sailors rests in Yokohama​

May 24, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)

The moored sailing ship Nippon Maru, with all sails unfurled, is seen from the Kenminkyosai Plaza Building in Yokohama's Naka Ward on April 19, 2026, (Mainichi/Osamu Sukagawa)=Click/tap photo for more images.