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Zuikaku (****anese: 瑞鶴 "Au****ious Crane") was the
second and last Shōkaku-class
aircraft carrier built for the
Imperial ****anese Navy (IJN)
shortly before...
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Completed shortly before the
start of the
Pacific War in 1941, the Shōkaku and
Zuikaku were
called "arguably the best
aircraft carriers in the world" when built...
- back. More important, the
damage to Shōkaku and the
aircraft losses of
Zuikaku prevented both
ships from parti****ting in the
Battle of
Midway the following...
- Navy (IJN)
shortly before the
Pacific War.
Along with her
sister ship
Zuikaku, she took part in
several key
naval battles during the war,
including the...
- force, in July 1942 it
comprised The large, fast
carriers Shōkaku and
Zuikaku,
which made up the 1st
Carrier Division. Both took part in the
attack on...
- (IJN)
during World War II. He led
Aichi D3A dive
bombers from the
carrier Zuikaku during the
Battle of the
Coral Sea that
damaged Yorktown.
Tamotsu Ema enrolled...
- the
Fifth Carrier Division consisted of the
fleet carriers Shōkaku and
Zuikaku.
These two
ships parti****ted in the
attack on
Pearl Harbor,
using their...
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convoy to
Guadalcanal and
almost engaging the ****anese
carriers Shōkaku and
Zuikaku,
which withdrew just
before the two
adversaries came into
range of each...
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American attempt to
recapture Attu. The
fleet included the
carriers Zuikaku, Shōkaku, Jun'yō, Hiyō, the
battleships Musashi, Kongō, Haruna, and the...
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First Air
Fleet The
Naval Data Base:航空戦隊.. When the new
aircraft carrier Zuikaku was
added to
Fifth Kōkū Sentai,
First Air
Fleet consisted of Akagi, Kaga...
