SHOKAKU
(June 2, 1939)
ZUIKAKU
(Nov. 27, 1939)
Displacement: 25,675 tons (standatd); 32,000 tons (full)
Complement: 1660
Length: 844.1 ft
Beam: 85.4 ft
Draught: 29.1 ft
Aircraft: 75 - 85
Guns:
8 - double 5 inch
up to 96 - 25mm
6x28 - 5" AA rockets (Zuikaku 1944)
Armour:
Main Side Belt 2.0" to 5.8" belt
Deck Armour 4.6"
Flight Deck Armour 2.5"
Machinery: Geared turbines.Speed 34 kts.4 shafts.
S.H.P. 160,000.

Notes: These names mean Crane and Lucky Stork respectively. A third ship of this class, Ryukaku, has been lost. A fourth may exist.
Shokaku, was built at Yokosuka Dockyard, Japan. Completed in August 1941, she participated in Japan's early wartime offensives, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid into the Indian Ocean and the Battle of Coral Sea. In the latter action, on 8 May 1942, Shokaku was seriously damaged by dive bombers from USS Yorktown (CV-5), and had to return to Japan for repairs.

 Name

 Builder

 Laid down

 Completed
Shokaku
Zuikaku
Yokosuka
Kawasaki

11 Dec., 1937
1938

1941
1941


SHOKAKU


SHOKAKU (Battle of Coral Sea)


SHOKAKU (Battle of Coral Sea)


SHOKAKU class CV 19/6/44 W of Mariana Islands


Last "Banzai" onboard sinking ZUIKAKU (25/10/44)


Viceadmiral Ozawa Jisaburo moving from sinking ZUIKAKU to CL Ojodo (25/10/44)
SHOKAKU - damaged Jun.19/44 by torpedoes fired by US sub Cavalla blew up due to fuel vapors.
ZUIKAKU - bombed and sunk Oct.25/44 by US carrier aircraft off Cape Engano,Luzon.



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