The Sinking of IJN Taiho — Japan's "Unsinkable" Carrier Destroyed by One Torpedo

The Imperial Japanese Navy's newest fleet carrier, Taiho, was about to face her first battle. Her armoured flight deck was designed to shrug off any bomb the Americans could drop. Her crew was confident the lessons of Midway and Coral Sea had finally been answered. A single torpedo from USS Albacore would prove all of that wrong. This is the story of Japan's "unsinkable" aircraft carrier: her ambitious design, her brief combat debut at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the unexpected catastrophe that destroyed her from within. Subscribe for more WWII naval history:    / @nauticallore