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.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If weight alone could determine victory, then the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shinano might still be afloat. Yet by 1942, Japan began to realize ...

New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1987. 250 pp. Illus., maps, notes, biblio, index. 18.95. ISBN:0-3-1200-186-X The Japanese carrier Shinano has one of the most fascinating stories of World War II – and in ...