Shimane-Maru (unique ship)
Too Late to Matter - Shimane-Maru was Japan's last escort carrier conversion. 1 ship commissioned February 1945. Converted from merchant ship 1944-1945. 24 aircraft capacity but never embarked aircraft (none available). Used only as transport - original role impossible by 1945. 19 knots. Survived war, scrapped 1947. Showed Japan's late-war futility - escort carrier commissioned when no aircraft, no pilots, no missions possible. Last desperate conversion that changed nothing.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11989 t
- Displacement (full)
- 14050 t
- Length
- 526.6 ft
- Beam
- 65.6 ft
- Crew
- 850
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1945
- Decommissioned
- 1947 (scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 18.5 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 16 knots
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored converted carrier)
- Deck
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 41.7
- Research cost
- 8,257
- Credit cost
- 29,190
Notable
- Last Japanese escort carrier conversion
- Converted from merchant ship (1944-1945)
- Commissioned February 1945 (extremely late)
- Never embarked aircraft (no aircraft available)
- Used as transport only
- Survived war, scrapped 1947