Shōkaku, 1941 |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 25,675 long tons (26,087 t) (standard) 32,000 long tons (33,000 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 26 m (85 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: | 160,000 shp (120,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kanpon geared steam turbines 8 × boilers 4 × shafts |
| Speed: | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
| Range: | 7,581 nmi (14,040 km; 8,724 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 1,660 |
| Armament: | 16 × 127 mm (5 in) dual purpose guns 36-96 × 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 72 (+12) 18 × Mitsubishi A6M Zeros 27 Aichi D3A1 "Val"s 27 Nakajima B5N1(2) "Kate"s |
The Shōkaku class (翔鶴型 Shōkaku-gata) was a pair of aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy built before World War II. Only two vessels were built in this class; Shōkaku and Zuikaku. Together, they formed the 5th Carrier Division. Both were lost in action during World War II.
Stille, Mark. Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921-45. Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-853-7.
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