Yamato (Individual Yamato-class WarShip)
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| Yamato | |
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| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Yamato |
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History
The Yamato-class battleship was an attempt by the Draconis Combine to reproduce a Clan WarShip. Under construction in the late 3050s in the shipyards above New Samarkand, the construction of this first-of-class vessel was rife with problems up to and including interference from the Internal Security Force, and wasn't predicted to be in a state where it could move under her own power until early 3060, at which point large elements of the construction programme would still need to be completed.[1]
By 3067 intelligence agencies had lost track of the work being undertaken on single Yamato-class prototpe, and the hull wasn't reported as an active asset in the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery black water navy;[2] it was reported by some sources that the Yamato construction yards had been dismantled in 3061.[3]
Rather than being dismantled as some were led to believe, the Yamato hull was instead shipped to the Dover system, along with the allegedly dismantled shipyards, which were rebuilt near the fifth planet in the system. During the Jihad the Draconis Combine refitted both the hull of the Yamato and the hull of another prototype WarShip, the Kaga-class carrier DCS Mount Niikita. With assistance purchased from Clan Diamond Shark the Yamato was turned into a massive mobile factory ship, which would continue to produce vital materiel for the Combine throughout the closing years of the JIhad and beyond.[3]
Notes
The name Yamato chosen for the prototype battleship class is possibly a reference to the Yamato, lead battleship of a class of the same name serving in the Imperial Japanese navy during World War II.