Pacific ships
IJN Zuikaku

IJN · CV

Sunk

Shokaku-class carrier. Not hit at Coral Sea, so she missed Midway. Carrier aircraft sank her off Cape Engano on 25 October 1944.

ClassShokaku class
TypeAircraft carrier (CV)
FateSunk. Not hit at Coral Sea. Her air group was used up, and she missed Midway. American carrier aircraft sank her off Cape Engano on 25 October 1944. Not credited to one ship.
Armament (class)Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island forward of amidships.
Command

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

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

File:Japanese.aircraft.carrier.zuikaku.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941-12-07 · launched aircraft; not hit

Indian Ocean Raid

1942-04-05 · with the force. Not sunk. The sinkings are not credited to her alone

Battle of the Coral Sea

1942-05-08 · not hit; air group used up

Battle of the Eastern Solomons

1942-08-24 · not sunk

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

1942-10-26 · carrier air group struck Hornet and Enterprise. Not hit. Not sunk

Battle of the Philippine Sea

1944-06-19 · not sunk in this battle

Battle off Cape Engaño

1944-10-25 · Ozawa's flagship until he shifted to Oyodo; sunk by carrier aircraft. Not credited to one ship

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom Task Force 38 carrier aircraft
Carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 sank Zuikaku. Ozawa had already shifted his flag to Oyodo. Not credited to one ship.

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