1: ( CNN ) On October 24 , 1944 , U.S . warplanes swarmed at the Leviathan of battleships , Japan 's Musashi , splashing down torpedoes or dive bombing it . 2: It took them four hours and more than 25 direct hits to put one of the two largest war ships in World War II to the bottom of the Philippines ' Sibuyan Sea . 3: Japan 's giant battleship Musashi was sunk off the Philippines in World War II .
1: the Leviathan of battleships , Japan 's Musashi 2: one of the two largest war ships in World War II 3: Japan 's giant battleship Musashi