Japanese carrier Zuikaku

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Japanese carrier Zuikaku was a Shōkaku-class fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as one of Japan’s principal carriers in World War II, participating in major Pacific battles before being sunk in 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy warship ⓘ
Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraftTypeCarried Aichi D3A ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero ⓘ
linked to: Mitsubishi A6M

Nakajima B5N ⓘ
airGroupSize approximately 70–80 aircraft ⓘ
beam approximately 26 m ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
builtAt Kobe, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
class Shōkaku class ⓘ
commissioned 1941-09-25 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
dateSunk 1944-10-25 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 32,105 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 25,675 tons ⓘ
fate sunk in battle ⓘ
flagshipDuring Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
flagshipOf Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa ⓘ
laidDown 1938-05-25 ⓘ
launched 1939-11-27 ⓘ
length approximately 257.5 m ⓘ
locationOfSinking off Luzon, Philippines ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 34 knots ⓘ
navalEnsign Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
navalFleet Kido Butai ⓘ
notableFor one of Japan’s principal fleet carriers in the early Pacific War ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea

Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
Indian Ocean Raid ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean raid
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleAtPearlHarbor part of First Air Fleet strike force ⓘ
servedInConflict World War II ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1944 ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1941 ⓘ
sisterShip Shōkaku ⓘ
linked to: Shokaku
sunkDuring Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ

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Battle of the Philippine Sea → aircraftCarrierInvolved → Japanese carrier Zuikaku ⓘ
5th Carrier Division → composedOf → aircraft carrier Zuikaku ⓘ
linked to: Japanese carrier Zuikaku
5th Carrier Division → fateOfComponentShip → Zuikaku was sunk in 1944 at the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
linked to: Japanese carrier Zuikaku
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → shipDamaged → Japanese carrier Zuikaku ⓘ
Battle of Cape Engaño → shipSunk → Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku ⓘ
linked to: Japanese carrier Zuikaku