This Picture Is How America Sunk Japan's Super WWII Aircraft Carrier
Here's What You Need to Remember: When the intelligence officers saw the distinctive, bulbous clipper bow Enright had drawn, they realized his kill had been the suspected third super warship of the Yamato class and that the Japanese had converted her to an aircraft carrier, although the intelligence people seriously underestimated her weight at 28,000 tons. Further confirmation came from an intercepted Japanese radio transmission from November 29: “ Shinano sunk.” The first torpedo struck farthest aft. Over the next 30 seconds three more warheads detonated against the massive aircraft c...
Source: nationalinterest.org