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Found the largest aircraft carrier launched during WW2 while following links from that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano ht
by tpmx 3y ago
Found the largest aircraft carrier launched during WW2 while following links from that page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shin...
Lasted 10 days. 64,800 tons of displacement, 266 meters long. Was only ever photographed twice. 78% larger displacement than the largest US carrier at the time, Yorktown (CV-10).
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_W...)
Had no idea idea there were carriers (or even ships) this huge in WW2.
- lumost 3y agoThis ship was a converted battleship hull which would have otherwise been the third Yamamoto/Musashi. Somewhat of a Franken ship without a clear mission.
- aidenn0 3y agoThat's not significantly bigger than contemporary battleships, right? [edit] I dug a bit; the Japanese forces had 2 similarly sized battleships (indeed this was initially planned as a third). The Iowa class displaced about 55kt, and while the Russians started 3 ships of larger displacement, they were never completed.
- tpmx 3y ago(I'm at a noob-level in this field, thanks for your research!)
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]