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#42 w/Battleship-Carriers

By: Avalanche Press

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Golden Journal

Last Stocked on 3/21/2024

Product Info

Title
#42 w/Battleship-Carriers
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Sub-category
Publish Year
2021
Dimensions
8.75x11.25x.25"
NKG Part #
2148030824
Type
Magazine

Description

After the Battle of Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy considered a radical plan to replenish and increase its carrier fleet: convert all ten of its older battleships to aircraft carriers. That would be scaled back to just the hybrid conversions of Ise and Hyuga, but not in the Golden Journal.

Meanwhile, the Americans drafted plans of their own (which still exist) to convert the hulls of Iowa-class battleships, Alaska-class large cruisers and Baltimore-class heavy cruisers into aircraft carriers. When it became clear that plenty of Essex-class carriers would join the fleet before those conversions could be made, the project was dropped (except for the conversion of nine Cleveland-class light cruisers).