Japanese Battlecarrier

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Mar 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/7/97

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Does anyone know anything about the ISE or the YAMASHIRO? These were
battleships converted into half carrier half battleship that could
deploy, but not recover, 22 planes.
I am looking for more information. Where can it be found or what do
you know?

Brian
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Paolo Pizzi

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Mar 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/8/97

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You mean ISE and HYUGA, Yamashiro was never converted to an XBB,
though there was a plan to do that.

There are quite many NA pictures of Hyuga sunk in shallow waters
in Japan. A reliable source of info on IJN vessels is Jenschura-
Mickel-Jung's "Warships of the IJN 1865-1945" published by the
Naval Institute. If you need to know more you're out of luck unless
you can read Japanese, in that case there's plenty of good
reference (Maru, Kojinsha, Kaijinsha etc.)

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Andrew Toppan

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Mar 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/8/97

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b1la...@idirect.com reshaped the electrons to say:

> Does anyone know anything about the ISE or the YAMASHIRO? These were

The ships were ISE and HYUGA. YAMASHIRO was not converted.

Technical information, brief histories, and a photograph can
be found at:
http://www.membrane.com/~elmer/navy/battleships/
or:
http://www.membrane.com/~elmer/navy/carriers/

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Tim

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Mar 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/8/97

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On 7 Mar 1997 20:40:13 -0500, b1la...@idirect.com wrote:

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>Does anyone know anything about the ISE or the YAMASHIRO? These were

>battleships converted into half carrier half battleship that could
>deploy, but not recover, 22 planes.
>I am looking for more information. Where can it be found or what do
>you know?

The 2 ships in question are the Ise and Hyuga. They started life as
WW1 battleships (commisioned in 1917 -18). They had 12 X14 inch guns.
They entered WW2 with a standard displacement around 35,000 tons.
Around 1943-44 they were reconstructed so that the after 2 turrets (4
guns) were removed and replaced with a large hangar and flight deck.
The filght deck was on on the stern so they could not land carrier
planes although they could have probably launched them with catapults.

I believe the plan was for them to carry seaplanes. However, I don't
believe they ever carried many planes because of the shortage of
pilots.

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Guard Cdr

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Mar 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/10/97

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Actually i belive it was the Ise and the Hyuga. The Yamishiro was the
sister ship to the Fuso.

Janes makes a WWII summary book that has some interesting pictures of the
conversions.

Jmusashi

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Mar 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/18/97

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The Ise and Hyuga were the only two Japanese battleships converted to
hybrid "aircraft carriers". The same conversion was supposed to be carried
out on the Fuso and Yamashiro but the plan was dropped.
As hybrid carriers, Ise and Hyuga were each supposed to carry a squadron
of 22 seaplane bombers. But due to lagging aircraft production/high demand
these planes were never built.
Both Ise & Hyuga were sunk July 28, 1945 in Kure Bay...Hyuga remained
where she sank until raised and scrapped in 1952.