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 ...

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 ...

who first innovated the use of the aircraft carrier as a decisive offensive platform. That was demonstrated with devastating efficiency on December 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN ...