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Bismarck.
Brazilian battleship Riachuelo ended in 1910.
There were two , the Yamato and the Musashi , from the Yamato class battleship built by the Japanese : they were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed , displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) main guns . ~ see related link below .
The Japanese Navy figured it was better for the battleship Yamato to go down fighting; rather than being ingloriously sunk at her moorings.
It wasn't an aircraft carrier, but a battleship. The battleship used was the USS Missouri.