Shokaku

E15179

Imperial Japanese Navy ship aircraft carrier warship

Shokaku was a major World War II Japanese aircraft carrier that played a key role in early Pacific naval battles before being sunk in 1944.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship → aircraft carrier → warship →
airGroupSize	approximately 72 aircraft →
beam	26 meters →
builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal →
causeOfSinking	torpedoes from U.S. submarine USS Cavalla →
commissioned	8 August 1941 →
conflict	World War II →
country	Japan →
damagedIn	Battle of the Coral Sea → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands →
dateSunk	19 June 1944 →
displacementFullLoad	approximately 32,105 tons →
displacementStandard	approximately 25,675 tons →
draft	9.32 meters →
era	World War II era →
fate	sunk →
flag	Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan →
hullNumber	CV-3 (IJN designation) →
laidDown	12 December 1937 →
launched	1 June 1939 →
length	257.5 meters →
locationOfSinking	Philippine Sea →
maximumSpeed	about 34 knots →
navalDoctrine	carrier-centric naval aviation →
notableFor	high speed and large air group → key role in early Pacific War carrier battles →
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy →
propulsion	4 shafts → steam turbines →
roleAtPearlHarbor	launched air strikes on U.S. bases in Hawaii →
serviceEntry	1941 →
shipClass	Shokaku-class aircraft carrier →
sisterShip	Zuikaku →
sunkIn	Battle of the Philippine Sea →
theater	Pacific War →
tookPartIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of the Coral Sea → Battle of the Eastern Solomons → Battle of the Philippine Sea → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → Indian Ocean Raid →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
5th Carrier Division ("Shōkaku") → Imperial Japanese Navy →	notableShip
Shokaku ("Shokaku-class aircraft carrier") → Zuikaku ("Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier") →	shipClass
Battle of the Coral Sea ("Shōkaku") →	aircraftCarrierInvolved
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →	component
First Carrier Division →	componentShip
First Air Fleet →	componentUnit
Kido Butai →	composedOf
First Air Fleet →	flagship
Operation Z →	involves
Battle of the Coral Sea ("Shōkaku") →	shipDamaged
Zuikaku ("Shōkaku") →	sisterShip
Nakajima B5N →	usedFromCarrier