article_snippet: Musashi was attacked by the US Navy in 1944 and went down with more than 1,000 members of crew on board.
article_snippet: the Musashi was attacked by the US Navy in 1944 and went down with more than 1,000 members of crew on board.
article_snippet: The Musashi was the Japanese Navy's biggest battleship during the Second World War .
article_snippet: American warplanes sank The Musashi on October 24, 1944, at the height of the Battle of Leyte Gulf .
article_snippet: The Musashi was sunk on the second day of fighting between the two sides.
article_snippet: The Musashi survived this first encounter, but the next day, as The Musashi passed through the Sibuyan Sea, came under bombardment from the U.S. warplanes.
highlights_snippet: Musashi, the Japanese Navy's biggest battleship, was sunk in 1944 .
  