Shinano was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, the largest such built up to that time. Laid down in May 1940 as the third of the Yamato-class battleships, Shi
Shinano underway during her sea trials in Tokyo Bay, 11 November 1944, taken from a civilian tugboat
Drawing of the Shinano as she appeared on 19 November 1944
A test photo of Shinano (pointed to by arrow) drydocked in Yokosuka to view her camouflage, October 1944. Several false buildings are seen on her flight deck. This is the only known image of the ship taken by the Japanese military.
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Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
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The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka is a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft that was produced by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal and deployed by Japan toward the end of W
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
…in November 1944 when she was ordered to sail from the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal to Kure Naval Base to complete fitting out and transfer a load of 50 Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-propelled kamikaze flying bombs. She was sunk en route, 10 days after commissioning, on 29 November 1944, by four torpedoes from the U.S. Navy…
Ohka Model 11 replica at the Yasukuni Shrine Yūshūkan war museum.
Labelled diagram of a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
US personnel disarming the warhead of an Ohka, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, April 1945
Thermojet powered Model 22; note the jet intake on the side just forward of the tail.