The Japanese Carrier Shinano

Waldemar Goralski

The Japanese Carrier Shinano
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak
Country
Poland
Published
28 February 2017
Pages
84
ISBN
9788365437174

The Japanese Carrier Shinano

Waldemar Goralski

On 4 May 1940 the third Yamato-class battleship was laid down at the Navy Shipyard in Yokosuka. It was to be named Shinano, after a province on the Honshu island, in Nagato prefecture. That was also the name of the longest river in Japan (320 km). Admiral Yamamoto was born at its banks. Due to material supply difficulties, in December 1940 the construction was suspended. In 1942, after Japanese defeat at Midway (four aircraft carriers were lost) it was decided to continue the construction of the ship as an aircraft carrier, in order to partially make up for losses suffered in this class of ships. The rebuilding scheme was designed by Vice Admirals Keji Fukuda and Seichi Izamura…

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