Yamamoto was probably running to take off the extra weight from Yamato's famous commissary.
By the way, my length is 263m.While I was at Truk Island, there was a sports day held on my deck.I was only 38.9m wide, so it was a narrow, but long course.A circle around the 1st and 3rd cannons made the 400m track for the event.It puts the Yamato-class's size to perspective, right?
As a bit of trivia, the Chief Officer, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, ran together with the sailors during the sprinting event.
