Delta Force
Banned
The Shinano was originally intended as the third Yamato class battleship, but was completed as an armored logistics ship following the loss of several Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers throughout 1942. Although not intended for fleet carrier operations, the specifications are quite impressive. Reflecting its battleship origins, the Shinano had the heaviest armor ever carried by an aircraft carrier type ship, retaining a battleship style armored belt and adopting a British style armored flight deck with 75 mm (3 inches) of armor. The Shinano had a defensive air wing of 42 aircraft (with 5 reserve aircraft) and space for the carriage of 120 additional aircraft, could carry 720,000 liters (190,000 gallons) of aviation fuel. It was also massive, with a displacement on par with the Forrestal class and other early supercarriers of the United States Navy, and if post-war refits performed with other aircraft carriers are any indication, it may have become even larger after modernization with angled flight decks and other improvements.
I have two what ifs regarding the Shinano. First, what if all the Yamato class battleships had been built as Shinano class supercarriers from the beginning? Second, what kind of specifications might a post-war Shinano class modernization have had?
I have two what ifs regarding the Shinano. First, what if all the Yamato class battleships had been built as Shinano class supercarriers from the beginning? Second, what kind of specifications might a post-war Shinano class modernization have had?