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Shinano is seen in the top right corner, 19 November 1944. On 19 November 1944, Shinano was formally commissioned at Yokosuka, having spent the previous two weeks fitting out and performing sea trials. On the same exact day, a B-29 bomber observed Yokosuka and photographed the base, producing one of only three known pictures of Shinano. [22]
Most notably, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was the largest carrier of the war, and the largest object sunk by a submarine when she was hit by four torpedoes from USS Archerfish. [5] Sixteen carriers were lost to the air groups of enemy aircraft carriers, and five were sunk to land based aircraft.
USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine.She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.
Commander Joseph Francis Enright U.S. Navy Date Of Action: 30 October 1944 to 15 December 1944. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Joseph Francis Enright, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the USS Archerfish (SS-311), during the Fifth ...
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That diagram isn't quite right as Shinano's main AA guns were the 12.7 cm guns of her half-sisters, but 10 cm guns. Just out of curiosity, which warship was actually the largest to have been sunk? It's still Shinano, but my source didn't specify that she was the largest sunk, period.