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| Keywords: Shinano photo.jpg sea trials At the time the photo was taken she was conducting steering tests which is the reason the ship has a slight heel in this shot A civilian Marine engineer Hiroshi Arakawa took the photo while he was aboard a tugboat which was also undergoing trials At some point he presented a single print of this shot to the president of the company that owned the tugboat; in turn the president gave it to Shizo Fukui Later on it was given to Walter Chesneau who held it up to at least 1987 <ref name Shinano>Enright Joseph F ; Ryan James W Shinano The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership New York St Martin's Press 1985 pp 120 121 231 ISBN 031200186X </ref> http //m3i nobody jp/military/shinanomenu html This photo is part of the records in the Yamato Museum PG070856 http //yamato kure-city jp/yamato/search/search php search photo Search with the kanji characters of 空母 aircraft carrier for the type second last field and 昭和 for the period last field 荒 浩 Hiroshi Arakawa <ref name Shinano/> 11 November 1944<ref name Shinano/> PD-Japan-oldphoto References <references/> Shinano ship 1944 Black and white photographs | ||||
