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Archive Japanese Naval photo showing A6m Zero taking off from possibly Shokaku 1941 1943 01

Archive Japanese Naval photo showing A6m Zero taking off from possibly Shokaku 1941-1943-01

航空母艦 『翔鶴』

  Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku (Japanese: Ē shkaku meaning 'Flying Crane')

 

航空母艦 『翔鶴』

Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku (Japanese: Ē shkaku meaning 'Flying Crane')

Class overview

Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Name: Shōkaku
Laid down: 12 December 1937
Launched: 1 June 1939
Commissioned: 8 August 1941
Fate: Sunk by American submarine Cavalla on 19 June 1944

General characteristics

Displacement: 25,675 long tons (26,087 t) (standard) 32,105 long tons (32,620 t) (full load)
Length: 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft 4 in)
Draft: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 160,000 shp (120,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × Kampon geared steam turbines, 8 × boilers, 4 × shafts
Speed: 34.2 kn (63.3 km/h; 39.4 mph)
Range: 9,700 nmi (18,000 km; 11,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 1,660
Armament: December 1941: 16 × 127 mm (5 in) Type 98 dual purpose guns, 36 × 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 72(+12) December 1941: 27 × Aichi D3A1 Val's, 27 × Nakajima B5N1 (2) Kate's

 

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