[Doohickey]

Thanks for the ping. The Japanese knew that history had passed the battleship by.

Yamato had a sister ship, Shinano, which was converted to an aircraft carrier. Actually, Shinano was the third hull of the class; Musashi was sunk by aircraft as well.

Shinano was sunk on 29 November 1944, by USS Archerfish (SS-311).

Archerfish displaced 1800 tons to Shinano's 68,000 tons.

[APRPEH]

here is something else the Yamato could never do

[Tallguy]

The Shinano was a lousy aircraft carrier. Being build on a BB-hull she had little hangar space or aviation-fuel bunkerage for aircraft below deck compared to a purpose-built CV. If memory serves she could only handle about 1/3rd the air wing component of an Essex-class carrier.