ヤマト YAMATO AND HER SISTER SHIPS V2

Shinano (信濃?), named after the old province of Shinano, was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Initially laid down as the third of the Yamato-class battleships, Shinano's partially complete hull was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1942, midway through construction. Over the next two years, the ship was heavily modified and she became the largest aircraft carrier built up to that time. Partially completed in November 1944, Shinano was Since the navy anticipated they would be unable to produce as many ships as the United States, the Yamato-class ships with their great size and heavy armament were designed to be individually superior to American battleships.Musashi had a length of ### ###### #### ## 6 in) between perpendiculars and ### ###### #### ## 10 in) overall. She had a beam of #### ###### #### ## 1 in) and a draught of ##### ###### ### ## 8 in) at deep load. she displaced 64,000 long tons (65,000 t) at standard load a ?