re: #292 Targetpractice

Yeah, but that’s not really during the Yamato-class justice. Shinano was a hasty conversion of a ship that was already experiencing construction delays and material shortages. Add in an inexperienced crew and the Japanese Navy’s rather poor damage control at that time and you had a recipe for a disaster.

Certainly wasn’t the first or last Japanese carrier that went to the bottom due to bad design and/or construction.

The IJN had never had good carrier damage control, with the conspicuous exception of the Shokaku, which was hit hard at both Coral Sea and Santa Cruz and survived.