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The navy decided that Shinano would become a heavily armored support carrier [8] —carrying reserve aircraft, fuel and ordnance in support of other carriers—rather than a fleet carrier. [9] As completed, Shinano had a length of 265.8 meters (872 ft 1 in) overall, a beam of 36.3 meters (119 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.3
Awards. Navy Cross. Legion of Merit with "V" Device. Joseph Francis Enright (September 18, 1910 – July 20, 2000) [2] was a submarine captain in the United States Navy. He is best known as the man who sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano –the "most significant single submarine sinking of World War II."
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano [edit] Nominator (s): Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) Shinano remains the largest warship ever sunk, even after nearly 70 years. She also had one of the briefest careers, being sunk as she was transferring to another shipyard for fitting out. I've already had help from several OMT members about the technical side of ...
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. 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.
This evolution was well underway by the early to mid-1920s, resulting in the commissioning of ships such as Hōshō (1922), HMS Hermes (1924), [1] Béarn (1927), and the Lexington -class aircraft carriers (1927). Most early aircraft carriers were conversions of ships that were laid down (or had even served) as different ship types: cargo ships ...
Taihō was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to feature an armored flight deck, designed to withstand multiple 500 kg (1,100 lb) bomb hits with minimal damage. The armor varied slightly in thickness between 75–80 mm (3.0–3.1 in) and formed a protective lid over an enclosed upper hangar whose sides and ends were unarmored.
On February 12, 1973, three C-141 transports flew to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and one C-9A aircraft was sent to Saigon, South Vietnam to pick up released prisoners of war. The first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war left Hanoi in a C-141A, which later became known as the "Hanoi Taxi" and is now in a museum. Locations of POW camps in North Vietnam
MaritimeQuest US Aircraft Carrier Index; The Lost American Aircraft Carriers; Museum ships USS Hornet (CV-12) - USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA; USS Intrepid (CV-11) - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY; USS Lexington (CV-16) - USS Lexington Museum On the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX; USS Midway (CV-41) - USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA