Talk:Shinyou/@comment-27125781-20180909065655/@comment-2604:2000:1382:40D0:B40B:EB22:6439:5B4E-20180909073756

Scharnhorst ' s design was similar to the Japanese passenger liners of the Nitta Maru class, which were also converted into the Taiyō-class escort carriers, so her conversion followed a similar plan.