IJN SHOHO Release

yamatoforever · 09-04-09, 02:43 PM

Silent Hunter 4 Convert

IJN SHOHO
Japanese Escort Carrier

Original author: MINER1436

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Anvart · 09-04-09, 04:03 PM

Looks not badly ... but where is Command Tower?

Dread Knot · 09-04-09, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Anvart

Looks not badly ... but where is Command Tower?

The Shoho, like a lot of Japanese light carriers, didn't have an island structure. She was conned from a bridge just below the forward flight deck where the windows are.

ReallyDedPoet · 09-04-09, 04:09 PM

I guess it did not have one:

coronas · 09-05-09, 05:36 AM

Good work, again!

Jimbuna · 09-05-09, 07:48 AM

I've always considered Shoho and similar designs as a little odd.

The link below is actually to models but if you click on the relevant pictures the information can be of some interest:

http://rasputin.physics.uiuc.edu/~wi...tCarriers.html

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When launched, she was intended to be a high speed oiler, but instead she completed as the submarine depot ship Tsurugizaki . She was designed for easy conversion to an aircraft carrier, and was taken in hand in Jan 1941 for that purpose.

Wulfmann · 09-05-09, 12:31 PM

Unless the actual photos of Shoho are wrong there are inaccuracies in this model (as nice as it certainly looks)
The Bridge should be further aft behind the second (third?) deck support pillars and the bow should have a different flare almost identical to Jap cruisers.

Is it possible the later modified sister, Zuiho is represented in this model??? (Note, below line drawing of Zuiho is from 1941 and perhaps the bridge was later moved forward??)
Also notice the various mast/antennas
Shoho was sunk shortly after the photo was taken I am referring to so it could not have been altered to match the above model screen

These small carriers were conversions from submarine support ships and Shoho was the infamous "Scratch one flat top" of the battle of Coral Sea.
It was first reported as the non existing Ryukaku (third of the 2 Shokaku class fleet carrier) but in fact was the small support carrier Shoho sunk and boy did she get creamed being hit by 11 bombs and seven torpedoes.

Wulfmann

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Anvart Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Russia ® Posts: 2,492 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 1	Looks not badly ... but where is Command Tower? __________________ Alex ® Moses said: "Don't create yourself an idol"...

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I guess it did not have one: __________________ Back in the Day

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coronas Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 1,168 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Good work, again! __________________

09-05-09, 12:31 PM	#7
Wulfmann Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,010 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Unless the actual photos of Shoho are wrong there are inaccuracies in this model (as nice as it certainly looks) The Bridge should be further aft behind the second (third?) deck support pillars and the bow should have a different flare almost identical to Jap cruisers. Is it possible the later modified sister, Zuiho is represented in this model??? (Note, below line drawing of Zuiho is from 1941 and perhaps the bridge was later moved forward??) Also notice the various mast/antennas Shoho was sunk shortly after the photo was taken I am referring to so it could not have been altered to match the above model screen These small carriers were conversions from submarine support ships and Shoho was the infamous "Scratch one flat top" of the battle of Coral Sea. It was first reported as the non existing Ryukaku (third of the 2 Shokaku class fleet carrier) but in fact was the small support carrier Shoho sunk and boy did she get creamed being hit by 11 bombs and seven torpedoes. Wulfmann __________________ "The right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed upon, if only to prevent tyranny in government" Thomas Jefferson,; Constitutional debates