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Ship
HIJMS Shokaku
Operated By Country
Japan
Unit Type
Ship
Depicted In Image
Ship: JAP Shokaku Unit: JAP, Shokaku 1941 01 01
Ship Class Image
Ship: JAP Zuikaku Unit: JAP, Zuikaku
Ship Class
HIJMS Shokaku
Ship Type
Aircraft Carrier
Posting Year
0.7yr
Flag
224 538
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 Dockyard1937 Dec 121939 Jun 011941 Aug 081944 Jun 19536day799day1 335day2.86yr
Postings
Posted To By Posting
End
Post Person
Duration Year
Rank
1941 08 08 Jojima Takatsugu
1942 May 25Jojima Takatsugu0.79yrCaptain
1942 05 25 Masafumi Arima
1943 Feb 16Masafumi Arima0.73yrCaptain
1943 11 17 Matsubara Hiroshi
1944 Jun 19Matsubara Hiroshi0.59yr 
Activities
Involved In Activity
as
Depicted In Image
Details
1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour
N1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 During Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 Ship Positions Pearl Harbour 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1941 12 07 Smoke Pearl Harbour  
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
1)  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 14IJN 5th Carrier Division
1941 Aug 23 - IJN 1st Air Fleet
IJN 1st Air Fleet
1942 Jul 14 - IJN 1st Carrier Division
1944 Jun 19IJN 1st Carrier Division
1941 Apr 10 - IJN 1st Air Fleet
IJN 1st Air Fleet
1942 Jul 14 - IJN 3rd FleetIJN 3rd Fleet
Documents
1)  Covered By Document
2) 1:
3) 2: Served By Link
4) 2:Document Reference Attribute
Nihon Kaigun
N
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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