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- From: "Gene A. Kennedy" <gak@n5abi.hou.tx.us>
- Subject: Re: Yamamoto? (was Re: Battleship Diplomacy)
- Message-ID: <Bzo8Iu.Bq4@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Ham Radio Operator, Houston Tex.
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:28:06 GMT
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- From "Gene A. Kennedy" <gak@n5abi.hou.tx.us>
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- "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com> writes:
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- > I think you're thinking of the Taiho, not the Shinano. Shinano was kind
- > of top heavy, what with her concrete flight deck and all, and she rolled
- > over and sank, but she didn't explode to my knowledge.
-
- Well, I've seen several versions of what happened to the Shinano
- so I looked it up. According to "Warships of the Japanese Imperial
- Navy" US Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-85368-151-1, the Shinano
- was torpedoed 29 November 1944 by the Archerfish and sank ... "as
- a result of uncontrolled flooding, the watertight doors for the
- extensive sub-division having not been fitted". It also noted that
- the flight deck had 3.15 inch armor, but nothing about concrete or
- being top heavy.
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- The Taiho was torpedoed on 19 June 1944 by the Albacore and sank
- seven hours later as the result of fuel explosions and fires, so
- that must be the one the other fellow was thinking of.
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