the yamato was a Ocean liner built by Heguri Engineering for the blue star Line she was Laid down on the 12 april 1912 but construction was suspended by the start of world war 1, at the end of the war Construction resumed and she was Christened on 3 December 1920.
Ordered: 28 December 1911
Laid down: 12 April 1912
Launched: 19 may 1918
Christened: 3 December 1920
Out of service:10 July 1975 (retired)
Status: museum ship
Type: Ocean liner
Tonnage: 49,876 grt
Length: 991 ft 5.5 (302.0 m)
Beam: 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Decks: 8 (A–F)
Propulsion: 4x Heguri Engineering single-reduction geared steam turbines
Speed 28. 5 kn
Capacity:3.500, 1st-class:800 2nd-class:1000 3rd-class:1.700
Ships in class: (laid down-launched-commissioned - fate)
yamato 1912 1918 1920 - Decommissioned 1975
musashi 1913 1919 1921 - Sunk 1934
Mutsu 1914 1920 1922 - Sunk 1945