http://wikimapia.org/14466413/Wreck-of-HIJMS-Shinyo-%E7%A5%9E%E9%B7%B9 On 19 November 1944, Shinano was formally commissioned at Yokosuka, having spent the previous two weeks fitting out and performing sea trials. Worried about her safety after a U.S. reconnaissance bomber fly-over, the Navy General Staff ordered Shinano to depart for Kure by no later than 28 November, where the remainder of her fitting-out would take place. Abe asked for a delay i…
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WebOne of the largest carriers of WWII, Shinano was originally planned to be the third installment of Yamato class battleships. The construction of this monstrous vessel was started soon after the Japanese defeat at Midway and was completed on Nov. 19, 1944. Its overall length stretched to 266m and it displaced 62,000 tons. WebShin'yō (神鷹) "Divine Hawk") was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner Scharnhorst.The liner had been trapped in Kure, … holidays seychelles
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WebThe Shinyo was a Japanese escort carrier produced by converting the German passenger line Scharnhorst.She was the only one of a series of similar carriers not to have been based on a Japanese ship that had been designed with that conversion in mind, but despite that she was very similar to the Taiyo class of carriers.. The Scharnhorst had been built at … WebConvoy Hi-81 was under the command of Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato of the Eighth Escort Fleet in the escort ship Etorofu. Shinyo was commanded by Captain Shizue Ishii and the Akitsu Maru was actually serving as an aircraft ferry in the convoy. The other Japanese vessels known to have taken part in the mission was the seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru ... hulu\u0027s the great