Japanese battleship Nissin or Nisshin under construction in 1942

An item referred to the suggestion that the batteship Nissin launched at Kure, Japan om 30 November 1939 could be a seaplane carrier of the Misuho type.

Note

1. The seaplane carrier/tender Nisshin of the Nisshin-class was ordered in 1937, laid down by Kure Naval Arsenal on 2 November 1938, launched on 30 November 1939, commissioned on 27 February 1942, lost on an American air attack 40 nautical miles south west of Buin, Papua New Guinea and stricken on 10 September 1943. The seaplane carrier Mizuho was built between 1937-1939.

Source

Brassey’s Naval Annual 1942