Philodraco
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Joined: 6/8/2002 From: War Room Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Philodraco Imp. Japanese ARMY "Special ship(Landing craft carrier and also aircraft launcher)" Shinshu maru. She also had other names: Ryujyo Maru, GL, MT, Tosa Maru Completed Year : 1935 Displacement : 7,100 ton Dimensions: 156 x 19 m Speed (max) : 19 knots Engine : Turbine Engine 8,000PS Armaments : Type 88 75mm AA Gun x 4, 20mm AA Machine Cannon x 4 Loading Capacity : 4 AB-Tei(Armoured craft), 29 Daihatsu, 25 Shohatsu, 2,200 troops Crews : 220 men Shinshu Maru was also designed to load airplanes as well as landing craft and it was equipped with two catapults. The airplanes taking off the ship were planned to land on a captured airfield. However, catapults were removed after the ship was finished and it had never loaded any airplanes during its service. She was used for the landing operations in China and the landing on Malaya and Java of the Pacific War. It was sunk in Mar. 1942 by friend torpedo, then was rised and sunk by USN again in Jan 3, 1945. Nobody do it? in CHS, Shinshu Maru is exist, but the art work for it is Akitsu maru.
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