| Shokaku
Class aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy during the Second World
War. Photographs and history of the World War Two Japanese carriers
of the Shokaku Class, Shokaku and Zuikaku. |
| Shokaku |
1st June 1939 |
Survived Coral Sea and Santa Cruz battles but was
torpedoed and sunk on 19th June 1944 by the sub USS Cavalla. |
| Zuikaku |
27th November 1939 |
Sunk on 25th October 1944 by US bombers in the Leyte Gulf
operations. |
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Zuikaku |
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Zuikaku photographed September 1941 during her
commissioning. US Navy P |
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