[agere_contra]

The Shinano, a 72-ton carrier, on its maiden voyage

A 72-ton carrier doesn't sound all that amazing :0)

[expatpat]

A 72-ton carrier doesn't sound all that amazing :0)

Sure it does. It's amazing you could land any kind of airplane on one so small.

[Spottys Spurs]

"A 72-ton carrier doesn't sound all that amazing :0)"

For 1944 and for a Japanese mightiest aircraft carrier, it was impressive indeed!

In fact, Shinano's full load displacement of 71,890 tons topped by 200 tons the original full-load displacements of her one-time sister ships, Yamato and Musashi. Shinano retained the distiction of the largest aircraft carrier ever built until the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircarft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise in 1961.

[Oztrich Boy]

The Shinano, a 72-ton carrier, on its maiden voyage

A 72-ton carrier doesn't sound all that amazing :0)

Actually a 72-ton aircraft carrier would be pretty amazing.

{nowhere near 72 tons)