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Nakajima B5N Type 97 torpedo bomber landing aboard Shokaku South Pacific 18th Mar 1943 01

 Nakajima B5N Type 97 torpedo bomber landing aboard Shokaku South Pacific 18th Mar 1943-01

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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