Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō

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The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several major Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
light aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupSize about 30 aircraft ⓘ
airGroupType Aichi D3A dive bombers ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
armament 12.7 cm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
beam about 18 meters ⓘ
builder Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
commissioned 1940 ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
convertedToCarrier late 1940 ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement around 800 officers and men ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 14000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 11300 tons ⓘ
fleetAssignment First Air Fleet ⓘ
Third Fleet ⓘ
functionAtLeyteGulf decoy carrier ⓘ
laidDown 1934 ⓘ
launched 1935 ⓘ
length about 205 meters ⓘ
locationOfSinking off Luzon, Philippines ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 28 knots ⓘ
namedAfter auspicious phoenix (Zuihō) ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
originalType submarine depot ship ⓘ
participatedInOperation Operation Sho-Go ⓘ
previousName Takasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsion 2 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleInBattle provided air cover for invasion forces at Coral Sea ⓘ
provided air cover for the Pearl Harbor invasion force ⓘ
serviceStart World War II ⓘ
shipClass Shōhō-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō ⓘ
status sunk ⓘ
sunk 1944 ⓘ
sunkAtBattle Battle off Cape Engaño ⓘ
sunkDuring Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
sunkOnDate 25 October 1944 ⓘ
taskForce Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa’s Northern Force at Leyte Gulf ⓘ
tookPartIn 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cape Engaño → shipSunk → Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō ⓘ
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier → hasMember → Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō ⓘ
submarine tender Takasaki → laterConvertedTo → Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho ⓘ
linked to: Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō
submarine tender Takasaki → hasSuccessorConfiguration → aircraft carrier Zuiho ⓘ
linked to: Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō
submarine tender Takasaki → isPredecessorOf → Zuiho (light aircraft carrier) ⓘ
linked to: Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō