Shinyo aircraft carrier



Shinyo (1944)

Displacement17,500t standard, 20,586t trial
Length185.0m pp, 189.36m oa
Width25.6m
Draught8.18m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 4 boilers, 26,000shp
Speed22kt
Armament8-12.7cm/40cal AA gun (2x4), 30-25mm AA, 33 aircraft
Complement942



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
Shinyo-Ger Deschimag?1934.12.141935. 4.30Ger SS Scharnhorst1942. 9.21 converted
1943.12.15 completed (CV)
1944.11.17 sunk
(torpedoed, Yellow Sea)
[33.02N, 123.33E]
1945. 1.10 disc



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