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The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[aircraft carrier|supercarrier]] of the same name as she might be depicted in [i][[Kantai Collection]][/i].

[i]Shinano[/i] has yet to be added in [[Kantai Collection]], but there seems to be a chance of her to be implemented due to a design (drawn by the artist Youki) of her appearing in the official [[doujinshi]] books [i]Teitoku no Natsuyasumi[/i] and [i]Teitoku no Fuyuyasumi[/i] with the pages of her being titled "Future Asset". The two books were released in 2013, and as of yet is not in the game.

In [i]Teitoku no Natsuyasumi/Fuyuyasumi[/i] she has [[long hair|long]] dark [[brown hair]] in a [[single braid]] and [[green eyes]]. She wears [[round eyewear|round]] [[glasses]], generic green and red [[Japanese clothes]], and a [[yugake]]. She wields a [[bow (weapon)|bow]] and her [[flight deck]].

This tag will be used if she is officially implemented into the game, but for now this tag is used for either fan designs or her [i]Teitoku no Natsuyasumi/Fuyuyasumi[/i] design.

h4. History

The historical [i]Shinano[/i] was laid down May 4, 1940. She was originally planned to be the third "[i]Yamato[/i]-class battleship":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato-class_battleship, but after the loss of the aircraft carriers "[i]Akagi[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akagi, "[i]Kaga[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaga, "[i]Hiryuu[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryū, and "[i]Souryuu[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sōryū after the [[Battle of Midway]] she was converted into a supercarrier as her hull was partially incomplete.

In theory, [i]Shinano[/i] was capable of fielding the largest airwing of any aircraft carrier constructed by the end of World War II and was kept secret as she was meant to be a strategic surprise. However, due to the advanced state of her construction as a battleship before conversion, [i]Shinano[/i] has a dispropotionally small hangar size of 47 aircrafts (in comparison, the light aircraft carrier [[Ryuujou (kancolle)|]] accommodated 48 aircrafts despite her displacement is almost 7 times less than that of Shinano's). Due to this, the IJN planned to use [i]Shinano[/i] as a support carrier to tend the other fleet carrier's air wings.

[i]Shinano[/i] was launched October 8, 1944 (originally planned to launced May 1945, but her construction was expedited due to the "Battle of the Philippine Sea":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea)]) and commissioned November 19, 1944. [i]Shinano[/i] was dispatched from Yokosuka to Kure with an inexperienced crew to finish her fitting out and embark her aircraft, but she was sunk en-route by  "[i]USS Archerfish[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Archerfish_%28SS-311%29 on November 29, 1944. [i]Shinano[/i] was the the largest warship ever sunken by a submarine.

[i]Shinano[/i] was named after the old "Shinano Province":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinano_Province], now modern day "Nagano Prefecture":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture].

h4. See also

* [[Shinano (Warship Girls R)]]
* [[Shinano (Azur Lane)]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Japanese aircraft carrier [i]Shinano[/i]":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano
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