Shinano (Japanese: 信濃; named after the ancient Shinano Province) was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, the largest such built up to that time.

The Imperial Japanese Fleet Carrier Shinano was the only true armoured carrier and largest warship of the IJN after the Yamato class battleship, herself being based on the third of the …

Oct 20, 2025 · How the U.S. sub Archerfish sank the Japanese supercarrier Shinano, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine, exploiting a fatal flaw in its rushed design.

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Jun 14, 2021 · At 69,000 tons when launched in 1944, the Shinano would have remained the world’s largest aircraft until the 1960s. But that was not to be. Instead the Shinano earned a …

The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano would have been equipped with an air group of 40-50 planes (the initial scheme was revised during conversion), stowed forward in the hangar, but …

Mar 19, 2025 · The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship after Japan’s Midway losses, became the largest carrier built in World War II. Despite …

Underwater protection of Shinano was identical to applied on Yamato. It included external bulges and three raked longitudinal bulkheads, first from which by an upper edge reached 200mm …

The story of how the U.S. Navy torpedoed the Japanese Shinano carrier, the largest warship in history to be sunk by a submarine.

Shinano Shinano-Class Aircraft Carrier (信濃) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the years of 1940 to 1944. Intended to be the third of the Yamato-class battleships, Shinano's...