The Sinking of an Aircraft Carrier At 6 p.m. on Nov. 28, 1944, Shinano departed Yokosuka Naval Base for her sea trials. At 8:40 p.m., Archerfish, on her fifth war patrol — and with no prior ship ...

That's because it shares a name with another aircraft carrier in the then-Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Kaga was the third IJN aircraft carrier, which entered service in 1928. The Kaga was ...

Japan needed more aircraft carriers, and fast. The IJN decided to redesign Shinano to help make up Japan’s carrier losses. At 840 feet long at the waterline, Shinano was set to become the world ...

Initially, the Akagi was meant to be an Amagi-class battlecruiser, but during its construction, it was refitted into an aircraft carrier, making it the second the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN ...

The I-boats were the full-sized submarines of the IJN fleet (meaning they displaced at least 1,000 pounds). The designation does not correspond to the U-boat (Unterseeboot) designation of the ...