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2012
Sink the Shinano
Posted by HW on 29 Nov 2012 /
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Published on November 29, 1944 The largest aircraft carrier built in all of World War II, Japan’s 72,000 ton Shinano, was well on the way to achieving operational status when the first B-29 Superfortress launched from Saipan and made a reconnaissance flight over the ship in dry dock at Yokosuka. Immediately, the Japanese Naval Command [...]
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