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Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shinano
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Specifications: History of the Shinano Shinano was floated out of her dock at Yokosuka Navy Yard on November 11, 1944, and commissioned on November 19. On November 28, Shinano, escorted by four destroyers, sailed for Kure for further outfitting. At the time, the watertightness of pipes and connections between compartments had not been tested. The crew also had little training in damage control procedures. Shinano had only been at sea for a few hours when it was sighted
by USS Archer-Fish, a Balao-class submarine under the command of
Commander Joseph F. Enright. At 03:17, Archer-Fish fired six torpedoes.
Four shallow-running torpedoes struck Shinano between the antitorpedo
bulges and the waterline. Although the ship initially continued
under way, it lost power around 06:00. The inexperienced crew was
unable to contain the flooding and Shinano sank at 11:00. Approximately
1400 of the 2500 crew died. Postwar analysis by the US Naval Technical
Mission to Japan concluded that the defective design of Shinano's
antitorpedo bulges, specifically the faulty connection between the
main armor belt and the antitorpedo bulkhead, contributed to her
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