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	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Pacific Naval War 1942 - Worldwar-2.net
		The torpedo bombers of the Yorktown now found and attacked the Japanese carriers, but with the same result as the previous attacks and by 10am it all seemed to be over and Admiral Nagumo could prepare for his counter strike in what seemed total safety.
		With their decks cluttered with aircraft in the throws of being re-armed and refuelled, the Japanese carriers were in serious danger.
		Japanese send 4 transport ships with an close escort of a cruiser and 4 destroyers to strengthen their land forces on Guadalcanal, Solomon Is. Movement is covered by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 5 cruisers and 17 destroyers.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/asia-and-the-pacific/pacific-naval-war/pacific-naval-war-index-1942.htm (2342 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shoho is torpedoed by U.S. Navy aircraft in the battle of the Coral Sea, on 7 May 1942.
		Shoho (Japanese: 祥鳳 shōhō, meaning "auspicious phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		She began to be converted to an aircraft carrier in 1940 and she was renamed Shoho on 26 January 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shoho (301 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 - Japanese intentions [Australian War Memorial]
		Meanwhile, the Japanese Carrier Strike Force had moved rapidly down the eastern flank of the Solomons and by midday on the 5th they were to the east of San Christobal Island, covering what they anticipated to be the US carriers' line of retreat.
		The Japanese force tasked with the occupation of Tulagi was sighted en route to its destination by aircraft and, on 2 May, by coastwatcher D. Kennedy on Ysabel Island.
		Carrier task forces had conducted simultaneous raids on the Gilberts and Marshalls, Wake Island and Marcus Island during February and March in an attempt to divert Japanese strength from the South Pacific.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/coral_sea/doc.htm (3164 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zuikaku (Japanese 瑞鶴, "fortunate crane") was a Shokaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		The crew of the sinking Zuikaku salute as the flag is lowered on 25 October 1944.
		She launched her remaining aircraft in an ineffective strike against the U.S. Third Fleet: most were shot down by the American covering patrols, but a few stagglers made it safely to Luzon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Zuikaku (822 words)

	WWII Archives - Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is hit during attacks in the Coral Sea by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of May 7, 1942.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks in the Coral Sea by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of May 7, 1942.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku under attack in the Coral Sea by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of May 8, 1942.
	www.ww2archives.net /servlet/ref_photographs.tmpl?ID=6 (694 words)

	The Grumman F4F Wildcat
		* As the F4F-3 emerged, it was a stubby, barrel-like aircraft, with mid-mounted square-tipped wings and a sliding frame-style canopy.
		The Japanese discovered the carrier group before the strike could be launched, forcing cancellation of the attack, but in air battles with Japanese aircraft on 20 February 1942 the Wildcats claimed a good number of kills.
		The Japanese were at a disadvantage, since Guadalcanal was distant from their main base at Rabaul, giving them a long supply line that would prove painfully vulnerable to attack, as well as stretching the range of their ground-based aircraft to the limit.
	www.vectorsite.net /avwcat.html (7473 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Shoho (Japanese (Japanese: A native or inhabitant of Japan) : 祥鳳 shōhō, meaning "auspicious phoenix") was an aircraft carrier (aircraft carrier: A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Imperial Japanese Navy: the imperial japanese navy (ijn) (...
		She and her sister ship Zuiho were laid down in 1934 with a flexible design that could be completed as an oil tanker (oil tanker: A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk), submarine tender (submarine tender: a submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines....
		Shoho was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk in the Pacific War (Pacific War: the pacific war, which is known in japan as the greater east asia war and in china...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/japanese_aircraft_carrier_shoho (380 words)

	Shoho
		On May 3, 1942, Shoho launched aircraft to cover the landings at Tulagi, this proved to be a sucessful mission without any losses.
		United States Navy search planes located a portion of the Japanese transport force including the aircraft carrier Shoho near Misma Island, On May 7, 1942 at 0755 during the Battle of the Coral Sea was attacked by aircraft from both Yorktown and Lexington, a total of 92 planes.
		Shoho was the first Japanese carrier lost during the Pacific war.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/ijn/shoho.html (309 words)

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		Japanese bombers sank the Prince of Wales and the cruiser HMS Repulse in the Gulf of Siam on December 10, 1941, causing a loss of 840 officers and men.
		The Japanese withdrew to the Marianas, leaving as an outpost the island of Truk in the Carolines.
		The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho, sunk by Third Fleet carrier planes on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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	Today In WW II History - Topic
		Twenty-one of the Japanese planes are lost without engaging the enemy, including a small group which attempt to land on the American aircraft carrier Yorktown.
		Bombs burst near the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku as she was attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes in the morning of 8 May 1942.
		The Japanese sent Zuikaku back for a few days, even though her aircraft complement was badly depleted, but they had already called off their Port Moresby amphibious operation and withdrew the carrier on May 11th.
	forums.ubi.com /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/1771097952/p/19 (13630 words)

	WW2DB: Shoho
		When Shoho and her sister ship Zuiho were laid down, they were of a flexible design that could eventually be completed as a light carrier, an oil tanker, or a submarine tender.
		The Japanese fleet was intercepted in the Coral Sea on 7 May, and was attacked at 0755 by 53 dive bombers, 22 torpedo bombers, and 18 fighters from American carriers Lexington and Yorktown.
		Shoho was the first Japanese carrier to be sunk in the Pacific War.
	ww2db.com /ship_spec.php?ship_id=129 (275 words)

	Japanese Navy
		Three Japanese carriers, the Shokaku, the Zuikaku, and the Shoho were involved.
		The Japanese plan for invading Midway, a strategically-located small island about 1,100 miles northwest of Hawaii, involved the use of a decoy fleet which would feign an invasion of the Aleutians, while the main fleet consisting of approximately 100 ships and four aircraft carriers would carryout the invasion.
		The timing proved perfect as the Japanese carriers were laden with fully fueled and armed aircraft being readied for a second wave.
	www.naval-art.com /battleships.htm (4225 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.
		Two wreaths also were tossed into the ocean during the ceremony, one for the USS Lexington and one for the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho that also was sunk during the battle.
		Hall dived his plane at an enemy Japanese aircraft carrier ("Shoho"), contributing materially to the destruction of that vessel.
	japanese_aircraft_carrier_shoho.iqexpand.com /index.php?title=Japanese_aircraft_carrier_shoho&action=edit (458 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Shoho (Aircraft Carrier, 1942-1942)
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is torpedoed, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho is hit, during attacks by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-s/shoho.htm (563 words)

	Unsung Hero
		An aircraft thus engaged in a torpedo attack against a warship was extremely vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and defending fighters.
		The key to successful deployment of the torpedo depended upon either complete surprise or assault by several aircraft from multiple directions, covered by friendly fighters and carefully choreographed with simultaneous dive-bomber and horizontal bomber attacks to divide the enemy's defensive fire.
		On May 7, 1942, at the Battle of the Coral Sea, twenty-two TBDs were among ninety-three aircraft that carried out coordinated attacks on the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho, sinking her in a matter of minutes.
	www.tighar.org /Projects/Devastator/aircraft.htm (649 words)

	International Aircraft Recovery v. United States (11th Cir. 2000)
		Built in 1938, the plane flew "neutrality patrol" in the central Atlantic until it was assigned in mid-1941 to the aircraft carrier Yorktown operating in the Pacific.
		During the Battle of the Coral Sea, TBD-1 torpedo bombers sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and badly damaged the carrier Shokaku.
		The Yorktown suffered substantial damage itself during the battle, but the carrier was able to recover many of her aircraft, including the subject of this suit.
	www.admiraltylawguide.com /circt/11thaircraft.html (4265 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea by David H. Klaus
		The Japanese scored a tactical victory by sinking the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, heavily damaging the carrier USS Yorktown, and sinking a destroyer and an oiler.
		Japanese scouting planes from these two ships spotted the American oiler USS Neosho (AO 23) and her escort, the destroyer USS Sims (DD 409), before 8 AM, far to the south of Admiral Fletcher's carriers.
		The Japanese learned of the sinking of the Shoho as their planes were returning from the attack on the tanker group, and at dusk about twenty-seven bombers and torpedo planes again left the Shokaku and Zuikaku in another effort to locate and sink the Lexington and the Yorktown.
	www.clubhyper.com /reference/coralseadk_1.htm (2437 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea -- Events of 7 May 1942
		The first day of the carrier battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942, saw the Americans searching for carriers they knew were present and the Japanese looking for ones they feared might be in the area.
		The opposing commanders, U.S. Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher and Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi and Rear Admiral Tadaichi Hara, endeavored to "get in the first blow", a presumed prerequisite to victory (and to survival) in a battle between heavily-armed and lightly-protected aircraft carriers.
		Japanese scouting planes spotted the U.S. oiler Neosho (AO-23) and her escort, the destroyer USS Sims (DD-409), before 8AM, in a southerly position well away from Admiral Fletcher's carriers.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/cs-3.htm (994 words)

	Current News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Capt. Richard Butler, Deputy Commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 currently embarked aboard Reagan, said he also knew one of the 12 veterans honored during the service as a family acquaintance.
		One wreath was for the USS Lexington (CV 2), and one for the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho that was also sunk during the battle.
		Reagan is the Navy’s newest Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier and is currently underway in the Western Pacific on its maiden deployment in support of the global war on terror and maritime security operations.
	www.reagan.navy.mil /home/current_stories/second.htm (1039 words)

	albright College - Leslie Knox '38
		Aircraft from the Yorktown and the aircraft-carrier USS Lexington had sunk the Japanese aircraft-carrier Shoho just before noon.
		Later, the carriers’ support group, including the RAN cruisers HMAS Hobart and Australia, were attacked by Japanese bombers based at Rabaul.
		Confusion reigned as several Japanese aircraft joined the landing pattern after mistaking the US carriers for their own.
	www.albright.edu /reporter/sum01/pilot.html (831 words)

	John Stasko Jr, SF3c
		In February and March of 1942, she attacked Japanese positions in the southwestern Pacific then returned to Pearl Harbor for a brief overhaul period and removal of her eight-inch guns.
		Heavily engaged on 7 and 8 May 1942 her planes helped sink the small Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and also attacked the fleet carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku in what would become known as the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		Japanese carrier planes attacked Lexington and she suffered two torpedo and three bomb hits.
	www.ouroldnavy.com /stasko.htm (308 words)

	Aircraft Carriers - Japanese "Shoho" Class CVE
		These ships Zuiho and Shoho were planned to replenish the fast tankers of the Shiretoko class.
		The draft considered their conversion to an aircraft carrier or a submarine support ship.
		1941: converted to the escort carrier Shoho and detached to the 4th carrier division.
	homepages.fh-giessen.de /~hg6339/data/jp/aircraftcarriers/1942_ccv_shoho-class.htm (99 words)

	F4F WILDCAT
		Although it was seemingly inferior to its Japanese counterparts, it carved a reputation as a dangerous opponent.
		Key improvements (some suggested as a result of combat experience with the Fleet Air Arm) were the addition of manually folding wings for improved storage on board aircraft carriers, an armament increase to six.50 caliber wing mounted machine guns, and the addition of self-sealing fuel tanks.
		And it was these same planes that defeated the Japanese in the crucial battles of Midway and Guadalcanal that became the turning points of the war in the Pacific.
	www.chuckhawks.com /f4f.htm (1377 words)

	ipedia.com: Battle of the Coral Sea Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was the first major aircraft carrier engagement of World War II, and one of the half-dozen most significant battles of the Pacific War.
		Meanwhile, the US aircraft had missed Shokaku and Zuikaku but found the invasion fleet, in company with the small carrier Shoho, which was soon sunk.
		Shoho was small by carrier standards, but the laconic "scratch one flattop" radioed back to Lexington brought news of the first Allied naval success of the Pacific war.
	www.ipedia.com /battle_of_the_coral_sea.html (1585 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: Battle of the Coral Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		In the battle, the Japanese lost the light carrier Shoho and the U.S. lost the carrier, USS Lexington (CV 2).
		Task Force 17 (Rear Adm. Fletcher) with the carrier USS Yorktown (CV 5), bombed Japanese transports engaged in landing troops in Tulagi Harbor, damaging several and sinking one destroyer.
		The next day, the Japanese covering force was located and attacked by air, resulting in the damage of the carrier Shokaku.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/coral-c.html (425 words)

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