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An officer of carrier Shokaku watches as aircraft take off to attack Pearl Harbor 7th Dec 1941 80 G 182248

 An officer of carrier Shokaku watches as aircraft take off to attack Pearl Harbor 7th Dec 1941-80 G 182248

翔鶴 航空母艦 『翔鶴』

  Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku 翔鶴 - meaning 'Flying Crane'

Shokaku (Japanese: 翔鶴, meaning 'Soaring Crane' was the lead ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before the Pacific War. Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she took part in several key naval battles during the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before being torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Cavalla at the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

 

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