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The escort carrier White Plains is Yamato's first target.

In this motion picture still taken from a film made from the deck of USS Kalinin Bay, Yamato's second 6-shot salvo straddles the carrier.

Yamato was the only Japanese battleship that morning that could fire a simultaneous 6-shell salvo from her forward batteries, the other battleships involved - Nagato, Kongo, Haruna having 2-barrel main batteries instead of Yamato's 3-barrel per turret configuration.

Many thanks to Robert Lundgren who kindly provided me with this still from the film which is in the National Archives.

Robert's website is linked on the index page. He is currently working on what will be the definitive account of the engagement off Samar island.