Tanaka -> RE: Soviet Fleet (2/6/2005 12:07:55 AM)
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Any thoughts comments about adding some of the missing japanese army ships to yalls mod??? the missing Japanese Army AV/CVE (merchant carriers) type aircraft transports: Kumano Maru Shimane Maru Daikyu Maru Otakisan Maru Shimane Maru Taisha Maru Yamashiro Maru Chigusa Maru Yamashio Maru Japanese Army aircraft Transports Akitsu Maru 11,800t 20 kts 1/42 Nigitsu Maru3/43 2x 75mmAA 10 75mm[field guns} able to carry 20 planes, which could take off but not land on these transports. Kumano Maru army aircraft transport to be operated by IJN 10,800t 19kt 3/45 8x75mmAA 6x25mmAA 37 aircraft they could take off but not land on transport. Merchant aircraft carriers Shimane Maru 14,500t 18.5kt 2/45 Otakisan Maru 1/45 2x120mmHA 52x25mmAA 12 aircraft. Aircraft could land on these sm cv's Yamashiro Maru 15,900t 15kt 1/45 16x25mmAA 8 a/c 1 asw projecter 120 DC's Aircraft could land on this sm cv.. All these cv's could only operate sm planes f's and db's Converting Supply Ships to Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Assault Ships: Contrary to popular misinformation from the USMC ego PR machine, the first amphibious assault aircraft carriers were Japanese not American. The U.S. amphibious ships in use today are also the fruits of the U.S. Navy, not the marines. The concept of converting a RO-RO Ship to a Commando Aircraft Carrier is sound and proven. Even having it operated by someone other than the Navy is also sound. The Japanese ARMY, that's right--the ARMY operated combination aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships converted from merchant ships in WWII. This idea that we can only have an aircraft carrier if its a huge multi-billion-dollar Nimitz class with 6,000 men is another lie foisted upon us by the current U.S. Navy brass. Escort Aircraft Carriers Units of the Class Characteristic History (a) Akitsu Maru (b) Nigitsu Maru Displacement: 11,800 tons (a) Length 480 feet (b) Length 498 ft 8 in Beam 64 ft Draught 25 ft 9 in Machinery Turbines: 4 Boilers and 1 shaft Performance: 8,600 SHP; 20 knots Flight Deck: 404 feet x 74 feet, 1 Lift Aircraft: 20 Guns 10 x 75mm; 2 x 77mm primarily for Anti-Aircraft Imperial Japanese Navy was not the only service to operate with carriers. In early 1941, the Imperial Army projected to convert some merchant ships into assault ships under their command. These vessels could be used both as troop transports and aircraft's transports Reconstruction was limited to redirecting boiler uptakes to the starboard side to emerge in a single funnel. A small flight deck was fitted over the superstructure. JAAF aircrafts could not only be transported, but also flown off to assist landing forces in the rapid establishment of a land-based air defense unit. Twenty standard landing crafts could be carried. Details of wartime operations not known. Both ships, Akitsu Maru and Nigitsu Maru, were sunk by submarines during 1944. Chigusa Maru Yamashiro Maru Displacement: 11,800 tons Length: 151 meters Length 157 meters Beam 20 meters Draught 9 meters Machinery Turbines: 2 boilers and 1 shaft Performance: 4,500 SHP; 15 knots Range: 9,000 NM; 13 knots Flight Deck: 152m x 23m; no lift Aircraft: 8 Artillery 16 x 25mm Anti-Aircraft guns Yamashiro Maru commissioned: 27 January 1945 Imperial Japanese Army acquired two tankers in 1944 to convert into escort carriers for army convoys. These carriers operated with Japanese Army's fighters Ki-44 in a limited air and ASW defense role over troop convoys. Only Yamashiro Maru was commissioned. Yamashiro Maru was the only ship of this class which was commissioned. She was sunk by U.S. aircraft in February 1945. Kumano Maru Displacement: 8,000 tons Length 480 ft or 501 ft Beam 64 ft 3 in Draught 23 feet Flight Deck: 361 ft x 60 ft 6 in; no lifts Machinery Turbines: 4 boilers and 2 shaft Performance: 10,000 SHP; 15 kts Range: 6,000 NM a 17 knots Aircraft: 37 Artillery: 8 x 75mm, 6 x 25mm Commissioned: 30 March 1945 According to concept of amphibious assault ship, Imperial Japanese Army acquired a small transport ship for conversion with a similar scheme to Akitsu Maru class. The army aircrafts could be deployed to assist landing forces in the rapid establishment of a land-based air defense unit but not could be recovered. 13 standard or 40 smaller landing crafts could be carried. Kumanu Maru was not employed in operational services. After the war, she was used as transport.
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