Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku
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Shōkaku (Japanese: 翔鶴, "Soaring Crane") was the lead ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before the Pacific War. Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she took part in several key naval battles during the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before being torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Cavalla at the Battle of the Philippine Sea.[2]
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Shōkaku upon completion, 23 August 1941 | |
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Name | Shōkaku |
Namesake | 翔鶴, "Soaring Crane" |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 12 December 1937 |
Launched | 1 June 1939 |
Commissioned | 8 August 1941 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 19 June 1944 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier |
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Length | 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 26 m (85 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 34.2 kn (63.3 km/h; 39.4 mph) |
Range | 9,700 nmi (18,000 km; 11,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,660 |
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