Bottomline: The ship's flawed concept of serving as a resupply vessel ... but sheer incompetence was the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carrier Shinano. Originally constructed as a battleship ...

While the United States embraced the aircraft carrier concept through ... its only engagements, the IJN was decisively defeated and the ship was on the run. The Yamato was eventually sunk at ...

While the United States embraced the aircraft carrier concept through ... its only engagements, the IJN was decisively defeated and the ship was on the run. The Yamato was eventually sunk at ...