Commanding from Yamato during Midway
· Battleship Yamato, northwestern Pacific near Midway Atoll

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Yamamoto exercised overall command of the Midway operation from the bridge of the battleship Yamato; the dispersed main body was too distant to engage directly. Coordinate is a representative point for Yamamoto's Main Body in the northwestern Pacific during the Battle of Midway; the source establishes presence aboard Yamato but does not provide an exact ship position.