Ship Class: HIJMS Shokaku

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Ship Class	HIJMS Shokaku


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Ship	HIJMS Shokaku HIJMS Zuikaku

Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Lifts	3
Catapults	2
Aircraft Carrier Type	Fleet
Aircraft Carrier Class Attribute	Transverse Arresting Gear \| Two Hanger Decks
Aircraft	70

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1937 Dec 12	1944 Oct 25

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	25 675ton	236m	26m	8.85m	1 660	3 320

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	160 000hp	34.25kt	Steam Turbine	8

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	5 300ton	10 000mile	18kt	20.115day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Aircraft Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Turret Model	6) 5:Image	7) 1: As Built Armour
	Aircraft 25 X JPN Nakajima B5N Kate	JPN Nakajima B5N Kate				5.1in Magazine Crown \| 6.5in Magazine Side \| 8.3in Machinery Spaces \| 3.9in Machinery Spaces
	Aircraft 27 X JPN Aichi D3A Val	JPN Aichi D3A Val
	Aircraft 18 X JPN Mitsubishi A6M Zeke	JPN Mitsubishi A6M Zeke
	Gun 8 X JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin			JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin
	Gun 12 X JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Model 1936 Triple			JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Model 1936 Triple

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	2	Kawasaki At Kobe Yokosuka Dockyard

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1945 United States Japan 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby 1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands 1942 08 23 0100 Battle Of Eastern Solomon Islands 1943 May 03 Japanese Passage Yokosuka	1941-Aug-23 HIJMS Shokaku - HIJMS Oboro - IJN 5th Carrier Division 1941-Sep-25 HIJMS Zuikaku - IJN 5th Carrier Division 1942-Jul-14 HIJMS Shokaku - IJN 1st Carrier Division 1942-Jul-14 HIJMS Zuikaku - IJN 1st Carrier Division 1944-Aug-10 HIJMS Zuikaku - IJN 3rd Carrier Division

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