Summary and Key Points: The Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier Shinano was an ill-fated warship, originally intended as a battleship but converted into an aircraft carrier during World War II.

Summary and Key Points: The Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier Shinano was an ill-fated warship, originally intended as a battleship but converted into an aircraft carrier during World War II.

That wasn't always the case, though. In World War II, the small island nation operated a couple of aircraft carriers, including the Shinano. Named after a medieval Japanese province, the Shinano ...

Built as a compromise ship by an indecisive navy, Shinano was perhaps the worst designed carrier ever built—a mistake made exponentially worse by the dire wartime situation Japan found itself in.

After World War II, there was no doubt that aircraft ... When it was finally launched as a carrier on October 4, 1944, Shinano was 872 feet long and displaced over 70,000 tons.

Every August, NHK airs a lot of new documentaries to commemorate the end of World War II. The range of topics ... 26, 1936; the "phantom" aircraft carrier Shinano, which sank during its first ...