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Ship
HIJMS Shokaku
Operated By
Country
Japan
Unit Type
Ship
Depicted In
Image
Ship Class
Image
Ship Class
HIJMS Shokaku
Ship Type
Aircraft Carrier
Posting
Year
0.7yr
Flag
Posting
Year
0.7yr
Posting Duration
Year
0.79yr
Postings
3
Units
Operated By
Country
Japan
Ships
Built By
Shipbuilder
Laid Down
YMD
Launch
YMD
Commissioned
YMD
Final
YMD
On Slip
Fitting Out
Total Building
Life
Year
Yokosuka Dockyard
1937 Dec 12
1939 Jun 01
1941 Aug 08
1944 Jun 19
536day
799day
1 335day
2.86yr
Postings
Posted To By
Posting
End
Post
Person
Duration
Year
Rank
1941 08 08 Jojima Takatsugu
1942 May 25
Jojima Takatsugu
0.79yr
Captain
1942 05 25 Masafumi Arima
1943 Feb 16
Masafumi Arima
0.73yr
Captain
1943 11 17 Matsubara Hiroshi
1944 Jun 19
Matsubara Hiroshi
0.59yr
Activities
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Activity
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1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour
N
1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby
N
1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands
N
Aim:
To destroy Allied ships in the vicinity of the
Solomon Islands
before destroying
US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal.
To prevent American attacks on a troop convoy to
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
1942 08 23 0100 Battle Of Eastern Solomon Islands
N
Assignments
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Covered By
Assignment
2) 1:
End
YMD
3) 1:
Assign To
Unit
4) 3:
Covered By
Assignment
5) 4:
Assign To
Unit
1941-Aug-23 - HIJMS Oboro - IJN 5th Carrier Division
1942 Jul 14
IJN 5th Carrier Division
1941 Aug 23 - IJN 1st Air Fleet
IJN 1st Air Fleet
1942-Jul-14 - IJN 1st Carrier Division
1944 Jun 19
IJN 1st Carrier Division
1941_Apr_10 - IJN 1st Air Fleet
IJN 1st Air Fleet
1942_Jul_14 - IJN 3rd Fleet
IJN 3rd Fleet
Documents
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Covered By
Document
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3) 2:
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4) 2:
Document Reference Attribute
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http://64.124.221.191/shokaku.htm
Tabular Record Of Movement
The Sinking Of Shokaku -- An Analysis
N
http://64.124.221.191/shoksink.htm
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