The U.S. forces were determined to sink Yamato, and from the first attack at 12:37 to the final crippling explosion at 14:23, the battleship was hit by at least 11 torpedoes and 6 bombs.

At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded ... Recent research suggests that the explosion may have been an accident, involving a spontaneous combustion fire in the ...

Lt. Cmdr. Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died April 1 at his home in Grass Valley, Calif.