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SHINANO HIJMS was named after the SHINANO province of Japan, this 71,890 ton super battleship, now converted to the world’s largest aircraft carrier, set sail on her maiden voyage on November 28, 1944, escorted by three destroyers.
6 wrz 2023 · The Shinano, a Japanese carrier built to replace the carriers Japan lost at the Battle of Midway, was sunk by the US submarine Archerfish during the Japanese carrier's sea trials in November 1944.
23 maj 2003 · The Shinano lies comparatively close to Japanese home waters, and the precedent with Yamato's wreck makes it possible that some small private expeditions at least located the wreck. If so, there has been no major underwater survey yet like has occurred with Yamato .
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.
Shinano was sunk on its maiden voyage 160 nautical miles southwest of Tokyo Bay, going down in history as the largest warship annihilated by any combatant submarine during World War II.
W dniu 29 listopada 1944 r. na południe od wyspy Honsiu lotniskowiec „Shinano”, płynący w osłonie niszczycieli, został zauważony przez amerykański okręt podwodny USS „Archerfish” (SS-311).
The Japanese took a battleship of the Yamato class while still under construction, converted her to a carrier, named her the Shinano.
