Profile of the Prey: The Aircraft Carrier IJN Shinano The Shinano, whose keel was laid in May 1940, actually started off her star-crossed life as a battleship. Not just any battleship, mind you ...

One ship that achieved fame not out of greatness but sheer incompetence was the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carrier Shinano. Originally constructed as a battleship, she was redesigned to support ...

The ROVS, launched from Exploration Vessel Nautilus, provided images for the first time of IJN Akagi and the first detailed views of Yorktown. The three wrecks – the third carrier was IJN Kaga ...

Aircraft from four of the six IJN aircraft carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor six months earlier, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu began strafing and bombing Midway’s airfield and buildings. One of the U ...

One ship that achieved fame not out of greatness but sheer incompetence was the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carrier Shinano. Originally constructed as a battleship, she was redesigned to support ...