NUMBER 56

Hint #3:  The dollar you had back then, even the $25 you might have today, wouldn't buy this guy back his two fingers, the two fingers that he lost in the battle that made it a bad year in ole Muscovy, but a good year for the other guy.

Originally laid down as an Amagi-class batttle-cruiser, this ship, finally launched as a carrier in April 1926, participated in the Pearl Harbor attack and was sunk at the Battle of Midway.  It was commanded by the this guy (the one who lost two fingers, not the other guy) in the early 1930's, a time when a dollar would buy a lot.


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