Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier
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The Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier was a pair of large, fast, and heavily armed Japanese fleet carriers of World War II that formed the core of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier striking force in several major Pacific battles.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōkaku class | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship class
ⓘ
aircraft carrier class ⓘ |
| aircraftTypesCarried |
Aichi D3A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakajima B5N NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 70 to 80 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
16 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
36 × 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns at completion ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 215 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to 75 mm ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 26 metres ⓘ |
| builtFor | Imperial Japanese Navy carrier strike force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | World War II aircraft carrier classes ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| constructionProgram | Japanese Maru 3 Naval Expansion Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,660 officers and men ⓘ |
| designedAs | large fleet carrier ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedToCounter | United States Navy carrier forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 32,105 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 25,675 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.3 metres ⓘ |
| era | Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Taihō-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| installedPower | approximately 160,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 257.5 metres ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 34 knots ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineRole | core of Kido Butai (Japanese carrier strike force) ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
armored hangar sides
ⓘ
long flush flight deck ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sōryū-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 9,700 nautical miles at 18 knots ⓘ |
| shipRole | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zuikaku
this entity surface form:
Shōkaku class