Several ships have been named Yamato (大和 / ヤマト):
Japanese corvette Yamato, corvette of the Katsuragi-class corvette, launched in 1885 and used as a prison from 1935. Sunk by a typhoon in 1945.
Yamato-class battleship, a class of 2 Japanese battleships and a aircraft carrier of World War II
Japanese battleship Yamato, lead ship of the Yamato class, named after the Yamato Province
Yamato Maru, originally the Italian ship Giuseppe Verdi that was built in 1914 and transported thousands of Italians to Ellis Island; sold to the Japanese in the 1920s and renamed Yamato Maru, sunk by a US submarine in 1943 in the Philippines.
Yamato 1, the first working prototype of a ship with a magnetohydrodynamic drive
