KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum’s first major renovation ... used to construct the main guns of the World War II battleship. The facility opened in 2005 as the Kure Maritime ...
The picture has been widely shared for years and purportedly shows the aftermath of the explosion in the Japanese city.
KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.