How was the battleship Yamato sunk during the Battle of Okinawa?

During the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese battleship Yamato was sunk on April 7, 1945, during a desperate, one-way suicide mission intended to attack the Allied fleet.123

Because the Yamato lacked air cover, it was highly vulnerable to American forces. Upon receiving reports of the battleship's approach from submarines, Admiral Marc Mitscher dispatched carrier-based planes from Task Force 58 to intercept it. The Yamato, along with the light cruiser and eight destroyers accompanying it, faced overwhelming aerial assault. The battleship’s antiaircraft defenses were insufficient, and it was repeatedly struck by bombs and aerial torpedoes until it sank. This event is widely recognized as signaling the end of the era of the all-big-gun battleship in naval warfare.132