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Admiral Fedishi Up-gawa listened to Captain Hara:

Captain Tameichi Hara, also fed up, related that the planned Yamato suicide sortie would not serve a military purpose and was an unethical waste of Japanese lives- thus it was a crime against Japan. As Hara was one of the few experienced captains left and had impeccably fought in action after action against the Americans and Dutch- from the glory days after Pearl Harbor to the desperate fighting around Guadacanal, his voice carried weight. Hara further related that he had directly authorized any man who was “sick” to leave his light cruiser and not take part in the useless suicide sortie. But…. the Japanese group culture being what it was, only a handful of men had opted out.

What would be the best use of the Yamato?

  • Hide her the inland sea and move her constantly?

  • Strip the secondary and anti anti aircraft armor off it for use as shore batteries around Tokyo?

  • Try to move her to relative safety in the Hanoi area?

  • Beach her and encase her in as much concrete and sand bags as possible. She then becomes the Mother of All Shore Batteries?
Any other ideas....?
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