JAPAN SECRETLY LAUNCHES WORLD’S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan • October 8, 1944 Shinano was the largest aircraft carrier ever built until the early 1960s. Her keel was laid down on May 2, 1940, at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal south of Tokyo. She was launched 4½ years later on this date, October 8, 1944. The carrier was to have been the third of…