IJN · CV

Shinano

Sunk

Yamato-class hull converted to a carrier. She left Yokosuka unfinished and was sunk ten days after commissioning by the submarine Archerfish. 1,435 men were lost.

Type	Aircraft carrier (CV)
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Launched	1944-10-08
Commissioned	1944-11-19
Fate	Sunk. Hit by four torpedoes from the submarine Archerfish on 29 November 1944, ten days after commissioning, with 1,435 lost including her captain. The largest ship ever sunk by a submarine.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Shinano underway on sea trials in November 1944. Kure Maritime History Science Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano.jpg. Public domain.

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Loss of Shinano

1944-11-29 · sunk by Archerfish, ten days after commissioning

Afloat

ArcherfishSS · SS-311 · USN

Photos and info Loss of Shinano

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom USS Archerfish
Archerfish sank Shinano early on 29 November 1944. She had fired six torpedoes after a surface chase of about six and a half hours. Four hits are the number carried against Shinano.

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