航空母艦 『瑞鶴』
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku - Fortunate Crane
Class overview
Name: Zuikaku 航空母艦 『瑞鶴』
Namesake: Japanese ずいかく (Kanji: 瑞鶴 'Fortunate Crane')
Laid down: 25 May 1938
Launched: 27 November 1939
Commissioned: 25 September 1941
Struck: 26 August 1945
Fate: Sunk by air attack in the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 25 October 1944
General characteristics
Class & type: Shōkaku - class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 29,800 normal tons, 32,000 tons full load
Length: 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft 4 in)
Draught: 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Propulsion: Kampon geared turbines, 8 boilers, 160,000 hp (119 MW), 4 shafts
Speed: 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h)
Range: 7,581mi (6,588 nmi) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) Fuel: 4100 tons
Complement: 1,660
Armament: 16 × 5 in (127 mm) guns; 36(last 96) x 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 72(+12) 18 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 27 Aichi D3A Vals, 27 Nakajima B5N Kates (Dec. 1941)