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Zuikaku (****anese: 瑞鶴,
meaning "Au****ious Crane") was the
second and last Shōkaku-class
aircraft carrier built for the
Imperial ****anese Navy (IJN) shortly...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- (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...
- that by
combining the
surviving aircraft and
pilots from Shōkaku and
Zuikaku,
Zuikaku likely could have been
equipped with
almost a full
composite air group...
- the
number of
messages needed, so he
transferred again, to the
carrier Zuikaku, at 13:00. He then
learned of the
disastrous results of the
previous day...
