IJS Yamato | ||
 The Yamato just after its commissioning ceremony |
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| Name | IJS Yamato | |
| Namesake | The Japanese people (Yamato people) | |
| Owner | Japanese government | |
| Operator | Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| Registry | SK-5 | |
| Ordered | 1811 | |
| Builder | Edo Imperial Shipyard | |
| Yard number | Kaigun-1
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| Laid down | 1811 | |
| Completed | January 1813 | |
| Christened | 1811 | |
| Launched | 1813 | |
| Commissioned | February 1813
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| In service | 1811 — present
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| Homeport | Edo
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| Status | active
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| Class | Yamato-class ironclad | |
| Type | Ironclad | |
| Tonnage | 512 | |
| Length | 53 m | |
| Beam | 15.60 m | |
| Draught | 1.8 m
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| Decks | 4 | |
| Deck clearance | 1 metre
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| Propulsion | Steam engine with 22 inches (560 mm) cylinder and stroke of 6 feet (1.8 m), fed by five fire-tube boilers at 140 psi (970 kPa)[1][2]
paddle wheel-propelled | |
| Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h)
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| Complement | 251 officers and men
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| Armour | forward casemate: 2.5 inches (64 mm)
pilot house: 2.5 inches (64 mm) 60 feet (18 m) of the side covering the machinery: 2.5 inches (64 mm). forward part of casemate sides: 3.5 inches (89 mm) railroad iron
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The IJS Yamato is the lead ship of the Yamato class of ironclads. It is also the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy as of 1813.