Zuikaku

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier aircraft carrier warship

Zuikaku was a Shōkaku-class fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that fought in major Pacific War battles, including Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Coral Sea, before being sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Aliases (1)

auspicious crane (Japanese: Zuikaku) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship → Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier → aircraft carrier → warship →
belligerent	Japan →
belligerentSide	Axis Powers →
category	Ships sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf → World War II aircraft carriers of Japan →
conflict	Pacific War → World War II →
countryOfOrigin	Empire of Japan →
designedFor	naval aviation operations →
era	World War II era →
fate	sunk →
fleet	Japanese carrier strike force →
namedAfter	auspicious crane (Japanese: Zuikaku) →
navy	Imperial Japanese Navy →
notableEngagement	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 → Battle off Cape Engaño →
notableFor	participation in major Pacific War carrier battles →
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy →
participatedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Leyte Gulf → Battle of the Coral Sea → Battle of the Eastern Solomons → Battle of the Philippine Sea → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → Battle off Cape Engaño →
role	carrier strike operations → fleet carrier →
serviceBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
shipClass	Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier →
sinkingDate	25 October 1944 →
sisterShip	Shōkaku →
status	lost in action →
sunkBy	United States Navy aircraft → carrier-based aircraft →
sunkIn	Battle of Leyte Gulf → Battle off Cape Engaño →
theaterOfOperations	Pacific Ocean → Pacific Theater of World War II →
tookPartIn	First Air Fleet operations →
type	fleet aircraft carrier →
usedIn	carrier air operations →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
5th Carrier Division → Imperial Japanese Navy →	notableShip
Battle of the Coral Sea →	aircraftCarrierInvolved
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →	component
First Carrier Division →	componentShip
First Air Fleet →	componentUnit
Kido Butai →	composedOf
Operation Z →	involves
Battle off Cape Engaño →	JapaneseCarrierSunk
Zuikaku ("auspicious crane (Japanese: Zuikaku)") →	namedAfter
Shokaku →	sisterShip
Nakajima B5N →	usedFromCarrier