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Originally Posted by Rick DeBay
Her mission was to beach herself on Okinawa, and operate as a giant gun emplacement.
If she did manage to evade the bombers, she would have had to face the naval blockade around Okinawa. I think a couple of battleships were tasked with stopping her, but odds are it would have been a torpedo run by a destroyer that would have done the job.
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IMO One thing the Japanese never counted on was if in fact they were able to beach her on Okinawa the list that would have resulted from slamming onto the beach at a high rate of speed
could have rendered the mighty guns absolutely useless or even capsized her on the beach from the recoil.If this happened and she capsized on the beach we wouldnt have needed bombing nor torpedoes as she would have done herself in the moment she capsized to port or starboard. A good look at any drydock accident would have produced the very same results i.e. No support on either side and with the boilers still hot and ammo running loose it would have generated a far greater explosion then those witnessed by photographers when she sank.