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Armor Plate. This 26-inch armor plate was intended for use in Japanese Yamato class battleships. Found in the Kure Naval Base shortly after the end of World War II, it was shipped to the Naval Proving Grounds at Dahlgren, Virginia, for ballistics tests. The damage to this particular section was inflicted by the impact of a standard U.S. Navy 16-inch armor piercing projectile. |