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The Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku under attack by planes from USS Yorktown, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Splashes from dive bombers' near misses are visible off the ship's starboard side as she makes a sharp turn to the right.
The Shōkaku class (翔鶴型, Shōkaku-gata) consisted of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1930s. Completed shortly before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, the Shōkaku and Zuikaku were called "arguably the best aircraft carriers in the world" when built. [1]
Shōkaku and Zuikaku in many ways represented the pinnacle of IJN aicraft carrier development in 1937. Unbound by treaty limits since December 1936, engineers were now free to work out the design the Japanese admiralty really wanted.
A Japanese Nakajima B5N “Kate” torpedo bomber lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Shokaku during operations in March 1943. The carrier participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The lucky Cavalla was in the midst of one of the task forces that comprised the First Mobile Fleet.
An astonishing 3D animation exploring the strengths and weaknesses of theJapanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, one of the most powerful carriers of her time, ca...
The Shokaku and the Zuikaku were unique among Japanese carriers in carrying a pair of catapults, derived from units developed for use on the Yamato-class battleships, on the flight deck.
Damaged carrier Shokaku, having evaded no less than eight submarines, arrived at Kure, Japan at 1830 hours, escorted by Yugure, Kuroshio, Oyashio, and Hayashio. She was immediately placed in the Reserve Unit of the Mobile Force.