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From: christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Biggest WWII battle ship
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Date: 2 Aug 90 04:23:47 GMT
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From: christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson)
In article <1990Jul28.161257.2547@cbnews.att.com> raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man) writes:
>
>I think Yamato is considered as the biggest battleship in WWII although
>her sister ship Musashi(sp?) was about as big. However, the biggest
>WARSHIP in WWII is Shinano, which was designed as a battleship but
>hastily converted to a flap top after Midway. She was sink by a US sub
>during a transfer voyage before it was commissioned.
>raymond@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu

	I seem to remember reading about that somewhere...was the Shinano
sunk in the Sea of Japan, by the USS Tang?

Chris

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