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From: yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee/;093090;eegrad)
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Subject: Re: Biggest WWII battle ship
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From: yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee/;093090;eegrad)

About Yamato and her sister ships, I believe Shinano was originally going
to be another superbattleship of the Yamato class, but was converted to
a carrier, which was then sunk by USS Archerfish on her transit voyage
when she zigged when she should have zagged (thus maybe saying something
about the value of zigzag courses for evading subs).  Read the book 
"Shinano!" now in paperback by the then captain of the Archerfish.
Capt. Enright, I think.

jy, yee@ee.ucla.edu