Pacific ships

IJN · CV

Sunk

Carrier. Nine of her dive bombers were in the strike that stopped Edsall.

TypeAircraft carrier (CV)
FateSunk. 5 June 1942 at Midway.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

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Command

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941-12-07 · launched aircraft; not hit

Battle of Wake Island

1941-12-11 · air cover for the second landing

The loss of Edsall

1942-03-01 · sent nine dive bombers

Battle of Midway

1942-06-04 · scuttled 5 June after her aircraft hit Yorktown

Shot and shell

hit · dive bombUSS Edsall
Nine of her dive bombers were in the strike of 26 that stopped Edsall.
damaged · bombUSS Yorktown
Hiryu's dive bombers and torpedo planes left Yorktown dead in the water. I-168 sank her on 7 June.
Taken · sunkfrom American carrier aircraft
American carrier dive bombers wrecked her later on 4 June, after her aircraft had crippled Yorktown. She was scuttled the next day. Not credited to one ship.