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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- JAPANESE NAVY SHIPS --
Shinano (Aircraft Carrier, 1944).
Shinano, a 68059-ton aircraft carrier, was converted
from a battleship while under construction at Yokosuka, Japan.
She was the largest aircraft carrier built prior to the late 1950s.
Hastily completed in November 1944, she was sunk on the 29th of
that month by the U.S. Navy submarine Archer-Fish
(SS-311).
This page features the only views we have concerning the
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 63437
Shinano
(Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 1944)
Sketch by Shizuo Fukui, 20 September 1952.
Courtesy of Shizuo Fukui.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 395 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 63436
Shinano
(Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 1944)
Halftone of a sketch, probably by Shizuo Fukui, printed in the
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings during the 1950s.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 395 pixels |
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NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit
lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 28 February 1999
Coding updated 3 May 2009