In the Imperial Japanese Navy the vital scouting role was not performed by aircraft carriers, but by seaplanes aboard cruisers and seaplane tenders. IJN Nisshin was one of those seaplane tenders. Later on, when the fighting in the Solomon's presented the difficult task of supplying Guadalcanal under enemy air cover, the Nisshin performed outstandingly thanks to the combination of speed, good cargo space and fast unloading capacity.
Sharing a lot with the Chitose Class seaplane tenders already present in SH4, it seemed an obvious conversion but for some reason it had never been undertaken. Now we can have this ship in SH4.
Known bugs: none as far as I know.
To use this ship in SH4 you will need the game updated to the 1.5 version. Just enable the mod in JSGME and the ship will be added to the Japanese roster as an escort carrrier.
In SH4 Mission Editor you will be presented with three different options when you add this ship: the basic loadout (empty decks), a loadout with two midget submarines on deck (these ships could be used as sub tenders as well), or a cargo loadout with some different crates on deck (for the resupplying missions in the Solomons).
If you consider this to be good enough to use it in another mod, feel free to use it as long as it is freeware stuff and I get credited.
-Thanks to
s7rikeback in Subsim forums for the tips about setting up the loadouts.
-Thanks to
ZUIKAKU1944, who kindly allowed me to use
his twin 140mm turrets built for Katori.
-Created with S3D, Misfit Model 3D and Paint Shop Pro 7.
Send your comments and suggestions to
japlance@gmail.com or in this thread.
JapLance
June 2019
LINK: Japanese seaplane tender Nisshin for SH4 v1.0 (Release)