I've debated this with myself several times. For me it comes down to the fact that there's really not enough info available, IMO, to justify a separate article. This article would lose the introductory para and some details on the armament to the class article which also would gain the minimal info available on Kumano Maru's sister available since she was converted into a freighter after the war and scrapped in 1953. If you think that that would be enough to justify the class article, lemme know as it would be very easy to write.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
14:47, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
A bridge under the flight deck? I've very little experience with carriers. Was this usual?
Flush-decked carriers have very little choice in the matter because it's the highest available spot on the ship with a forward view. One of the older British carriers (Argus?) used a retractable
pilothouse in the flight deck itself, but was not usable while aircraft were flying off.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
15:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
What kind of embarked troops are we talking about? Ground crew or more general troopship duties?
Is there any information on why these were landing craft carriers when the issue they were constructed for was anti-submarine warfare?
The earlier Akitsu Maru had a half-assed flight deck for aircraft that would fly off to support the amphibious landing, but could not land aboard. Reading between the lines, I think that the Kumano Marus were a compromise with the IJA to make the flight deck fully usable since the IJA wasn't going to bend on their desire for more landing craft carriers.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
15:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Further to the above, were the Kokusais meant to attack submarines or just spot them, being liaison aircraft?
"on 19 March during the American air raid on the Kure area on 19 March" repeated date
Was she damaged in the above attack?
The lede says "fuel shortages meant that the ship never became operational during the war" but main text doesn't explicitly say this, just that fuel shortages resulted in the consideration of a change in fuel
Suggest including mention of the Japanese surrender in main text, right now the reader who misses out the lede isn't provided with any such context
Main text doesn't explicitly say that she was used for troop repatriation as the lede does, only that her funnel was changed in preparation for such duties
I've debated this with myself several times. For me it comes down to the fact that there's really not enough info available, IMO, to justify a separate article. This article would lose the introductory para and some details on the armament to the class article which also would gain the minimal info available on Kumano Maru's sister available since she was converted into a freighter after the war and scrapped in 1953. If you think that that would be enough to justify the class article, lemme know as it would be very easy to write.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
14:47, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
A bridge under the flight deck? I've very little experience with carriers. Was this usual?
Flush-decked carriers have very little choice in the matter because it's the highest available spot on the ship with a forward view. One of the older British carriers (Argus?) used a retractable
pilothouse in the flight deck itself, but was not usable while aircraft were flying off.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
15:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
What kind of embarked troops are we talking about? Ground crew or more general troopship duties?
Is there any information on why these were landing craft carriers when the issue they were constructed for was anti-submarine warfare?
The earlier Akitsu Maru had a half-assed flight deck for aircraft that would fly off to support the amphibious landing, but could not land aboard. Reading between the lines, I think that the Kumano Marus were a compromise with the IJA to make the flight deck fully usable since the IJA wasn't going to bend on their desire for more landing craft carriers.--
Sturmvogel 66 (
talk)
15:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Further to the above, were the Kokusais meant to attack submarines or just spot them, being liaison aircraft?
"on 19 March during the American air raid on the Kure area on 19 March" repeated date
Was she damaged in the above attack?
The lede says "fuel shortages meant that the ship never became operational during the war" but main text doesn't explicitly say this, just that fuel shortages resulted in the consideration of a change in fuel
Suggest including mention of the Japanese surrender in main text, right now the reader who misses out the lede isn't provided with any such context
Main text doesn't explicitly say that she was used for troop repatriation as the lede does, only that her funnel was changed in preparation for such duties