Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.63.102.37-20141024155136/@comment-25732404-20141204010536

Headlessnewt wrote: Actually, Shinano wasn't finished when she was sunk, she'd been launched and was en route to another port to continue work on her.

She hadn't been comissioned or equipped when she was sunk, she'd only been launched. So her appearance will be an entirely 'what if' scenario. Well, She was launched in 8 October of 1944 and formally commissioned at Yokosuka in 19 November of 1944, the submarine USS Archerfish sink her in 29 November, theoretically she was commissioned, but yes, She was not fully prepared for war and had several technical problems with her. (after all, she was going to be a battleship not an aircraft carrier)

In 28 November, her orders were to go to Kure, where she would complete fitting out and then deliver the kamikaze craft to the Philippines and Okinawa, so theoretically she was in a mission too, when she sank.

She did not live long enough to win glory, but she participated in the war at least (different from the Miyuki who sank before)

She appeared in a official Kancolle doujinshi, maybe in the future she appear in the Game too ... Maybe ...