How Yamato competed with Shokaku for Japanese resources

Did the Yamato class disrupt the Shokaku class in size and numbers?

Yes. The Yamatos affected much of Japan's construction programme because they consumed such exceptional resources.

Yamato and its sister programme consumed resources that affected projects under construction, including Shokaku-class carriers. Slipway space, specialised engineering effort, steel production, and construction time all had to be concentrated on the giant battleships. The panel thinks another ship might have been physically possible, though it would have put further pressure on the rest of the programme. It also argues that a prestige battleship intended to deter rivals must be publicly known and even exaggerated, unlike a submarine deterrent whose location remains hidden while its existence is advertised.