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	Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shokaku (Japanese: 翔鶴 shōkaku meaning "flying crane") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		Shokaku was laid down at Yokosuka Dockyard on December 12, 1937, launched on June 1, 1939, and commissioned on August 8, 1941.
		After repairs, Shokaku took part in two further 1942 battles, both in concert with her sister: the battle of the Eastern Solomons, where they damaged USS Enterprise, and the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where they sank USS Hornet but Shokaku was once again seriously damaged by dive bombers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shokaku (575 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Shokaku (Aircraft Carrier, 1941-1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shokaku was sunk by the U.S. submarine Cavalla (SS-244) on 19 June 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		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.
		This view was probably taken on board Shokaku as she prepared to launch aircraft in the morning of 26 October 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-s/shokaku.htm (666 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her planes took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that formally brought the United States into the Pacific War, and she fought in several of the most important naval battles of the war, finally being sunk in the battle off Cape Engaño.
		In May 1942 she was assigned along with Shokaku and Shoho to cover Operation MO, the invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea.
		On 19 June 1944, in the battle of the Philippine Sea, Taiho and Shokaku were both sunk by submarine attack, leaving Zuikaku, the only survivor of Carrier Division One, to recover their few remaining planes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Zuikaku (857 words)

	CORAL
		The pilots of Shokaku and Zuikaku were the most experienced of the war, they had participated in the raid on Pearl Harbor.
		Shokaku was one of Japan's beloved immense carriers.
		Neosho was unsalvageable, and was bombed and sunk by Henley at 2:28 P.M. On the face of it, the Battle of the Coral Sea appeared to be a victory for the Japanese.
	members.tripod.com /uss_lexington_cv2/coral.htm (3846 words)

	Shokaku
		The Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shokaku (空母翔鶴) is most famous for taking part in the battles of Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea.
		After repairs, Shokaku took part in two further 1942 battles, both in concert with her sistership: the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, where they damaged USS Enterprise, and the Battle of Santa Cruz, where they sank USS Wasp but Shokaku was once again seriously damaged by dive bombers.
		In 1943 she resumed her role as one of the Japanese Navy's most important fleet carriers, and was eventually sunk by the US submarine Cavalla (SS-244) on 19 June 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/World_War_II___Shokaku.html (179 words)

	article_tully_shokaku_japan.doc.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Shokaku's damage control personnel were better than the Taiho's and got many of the fires under control, but they could not contain them all.
		Since she was engaged in landing operations and attention was focused skyward for enemy planes, attention was lacking to the sea surface and the lookouts careless in regard to searching for submarines, words to that effect.
		Shokaku became unnavigable, with the bow dipping, and stopped dead in the water.
	www.ijnhonline.org /volume1_number1_Apr02/article_tully_shokaku_japan.doc.htm (7384 words)

	Dick Cheney Galveston, Co. TX Pearl Harbor/ Galveston Connection. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Shokaku was one of the six Japanese aircraft carriers that took part in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
		Shokaku torpedo bombers blew off the bow of the Walke and dive bombers made several hits sending her to the bottom of "Iron Bottom Bay".
		During the Battle of the Philippine Sea where "The Mariana's Turkey Shoot" took place, the Shokaku was torpedoed and sunk June 19, 1944 140 nautical miles north of Yap Island, Western Caroline Islands, by the submarine USS Cavalla SS-244, the submarine that now rests on display at Sea Wolf Park, Galveston on Pelican Island.
	www.jarbobayoutimes.com /DCheney.html (341 words)

	First Patrol
		It was the Shokaku, veteran of Pearl Harbor.
		Shokaku was the center of countless aircraft circling and landing.
		The Shokaku rocked with the explosions of her munitions and fuel reserves.
	www.brazosport.cc.tx.us /~nstevens/firstpat.html (822 words)

	Coral Sea
		Operation "MO" the Port Moresby operation, under the overall command of Vice-Admiral Shigeyoshi Inouye, was to be preceded by the capture of Tulagi in the Solomons.
		The strike group to protect the expedition was commanded by Vice-Admiral Takagi with the powerful aircraft-carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku, two cruisers and six destroyers and was to sweep through the Coral Sea.
		The American torpedoes were either avoided or failed to explode, and only two bomb hits were scored on the Shokaku, one damaging the flight-deck well forward on the starboard bow and setting fire to fuel, while the other destroyed a repair compartment aft.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_coralsea.html (2156 words)

	Lost Battalion Games : Features : Old Salt's Journal : The Ships of Battlegroup : Japan ...
		Launched on June 1939 and commissioned on August 23, 1941, Shokaku was the first “unlimited” aircraft carrier built after Japan had dropped out of the treaties that restricted aircraft carrier sizes.
		Shokaku was the lead ship of a two ship class that also included the Zuikaku.
		After the almost constant operations of 1942, the Shokaku was not again engaged until the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bg_Shokaku.aspx (552 words)

	Shokaku & Zuikaku: The Best of the Best
		The Shokaku class was, in my opinion the most advanced class of carriers to see service in WW II and, was possibly the best ever.
		Shokaku was commishioned in late 1940 and saw service in the IJN 3rd carrier division.
		Operational: Usually operated together, until Shokaku was lost.
	members.tripod.com /~DanielWalker/shokaku.html (278 words)

	Chapter-43 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shokaku dive-bombers were intercepted by Lexington's CAP but their escort made short work of US fighters which lost 5 of them for one D3A1 and 2 A6M2.
		At the same time Shokaku and Zuikaku aircrafts were attacking Lae, Salamaue, Madang and Bulolo on the New Guinea coast.
		Shokaku and Zuikaku are launching new attacks against Lae and Salamaue.
	users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-43.htm (6593 words)

	Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The two Japanese fleet carriers - the Shokaku and the Zuikaku - launched 121 aircraft, while the Lexington and the Yorktown dispatched 122.
		In the ensuing battle the Yorktown and the Shokaku were damaged, and the Lexington was set afire and abandoned.
		This result was a tactical success for the Japanese, but the Shokaku and the Zuikaku were heavily damaged.
	www.microsoft.com /Games/combatfs2/battles_coralsea.asp (258 words)

	campaignscoralsea
		Thirry-nine planes from the Yorktown descended on the Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku.
		U.S. torpedoes splashed wide of the mark or misfired, as was often the case early in the war.
		The Shokaku would take two months to repair, and the Zuikaku was missing too many planes and pilots to continue.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/belhaven/1074/campaignscoralsea.htm (943 words)

	The Sinking of Shokaku -- An Analysis
		Shokaku is a large ship, and her momentum is assumed to carry her through the engagement at nearly constant speed.
		It is unlikely in any case that a course change would have had any effect during at least the first sixteen seconds of the engagement, which is when the critical torpedoes strike home.
		The account gave the figures of 570 survivors, with 1,272 officersand men lost, and specifically called attention to the fact that the death toll was greater than carrier KAGA, which means the Japanese felt that flattop's casualty count keenly late in the war----a poignant detail.
	www.combinedfleet.com /shoksinknotes.htm (2606 words)

	194205
		U. divebombers knock Shokaku out of the war for several months when Lt. John J. "Jo Jo" Powers of Brooklyn, N. instead of releasing his bomb at 2,000 feet, drops in at 200 feet.
		The Japanese carrier Shokaku, severely damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea, arrives in Japan after eluding eight American subs.
		Shokaku will not be able to participate in the battle at Midway.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /tenison/297/wwii/194205.htm (3940 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - October 26, 1942
		These tremendous losses are being absorbed on Shokaku's bridge, but not on Amatsukaze's, as the destroyer is saving the crew of a ditched Japanese plane.
		On the Japanese side, Nagumo orders the battered Shokaku to withdraw, and Zuikaku to retrieve the planes from Zuiho and Shokaku in addition to her own.
		Shokaku, unable to launch or recover planes, does have working radios, and her captain wants to stay in the battle.
	www.usswashington.com /dl26oc42.htm (10292 words)

	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		Battle of the Coral Sea concludes as Japanese Carrier Strike Force formed around carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku is located and taken under air attack.
		Damage to Shokaku, as well as to Zuikaku's air group, prevents the use of those two carriers for several months, thus making them unavailable for immediate operations (Midway).
		Shokaku, 140 nautical miles north of Yap Island.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	World War II and Technology
		The Japanese task force consisted of two fleet carriers, the Zuikaku and the Shokaku, and an escort carrier, the Shoho, along with their respective destroyer, cruiser, and battleship screens.
		The Shokaku was so badly damaged that she had to return to Japan, while the Zuikaku was en route to resupply, rearm, and take on more aircraft at Rabaul.
		Fortunately, the Shokaku, Zuikaku, and the Shoho would not be able to join in the attack on Midway Island because of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
	projects.olin.edu /ahs/HOT2004/Allies/coral.htm (532 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		Listing and on fire, Shokaku was unable to land her aircraft and effectively out of action.
		With Shokaku damaged and Zuikaku short on aircraft, neither was able to take part in the crucial Battle of Midway a month later.
	battle-of-the-coral-sea.iqnaut.net (1600 words)

	Order of Battle - Pearl Harbor - 7 December 1941
		Shokaku 18 (+3) 27 (+3) 27 (+3) 72 (+9)
		Shokaku 27 aircraft in three groups of nine Lt. Cdr.
		The aircraft from the Shokaku, the airfield at Ford Island with all its installations, the other aircraft, Wheeler airfield and its installations.
	www.veteransalumni.com /order_of_battle.html (1599 words)

	Balch 2
		When the Ryujo's planes began to appear on the Task Force ships' radar screen, the infoma-tion was picked up by the Enterprise search force, which made for the raiding Ryujo planes 100 miles ahead of it, rather than go for the carrier from which they must have come.
		He tried unsuccessfully to divert the Saratoga group from the Ryujo to the Zuikaku and Shokaku; communications had become so difficult that he could not direct and control what was aloft.
		Under the Shokaku's flight leader, the Shokaku and the Zuikaku began sending off planes at 1455: eighteen bombers and four Zero fighters from the Shokaku, nine bombers and six Zero fighters from the Zuikaku.
	www.balch-porterfield.org /balch2.htm (3032 words)

	Hornet under attack and Hornet pilots strike Shokaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lt Cdr Widhelm's Hornet attack group was detected by Shokaku's radar when the SBDs were ninety-seven miles (155 km) out from the Japanese carrier, and the Japanese fighter director expertly placed fourteen Zeros of Shokaku's combat air patrol in a position and at an altitude to intercept the incoming Hornet group effectively.
		Having learned their lesson from Midway, the Japanese had not left the flight deck of Shokaku carelessly littered with fuelled aircraft, ordnance and gasoline hoses.
		Although Widhelm had repeatedly broadcast sighting reports after finding Shokaku, the first torpedo attack group from Hornet, the second attack group from Hornet, and the attack group from Enterprise all failed to receive these sighting reports, and all failed to sight a Japanese carrier on this morning.
	www.users.bigpond.com /battleforaustralia/Guadalcanal/SantaCruz/HornetunderAttack.html (1687 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Great Carrier War / Part 7
		The Marines had to contend with almost daily aerial attacks from nearby Japanese bases, and on August 20, 1942, the USS Long Island (the first American escort carrier) delivered two squadrons of Wildcat fighters and Dauntless dive bombers to Henderson Field, a Marine airstrip on the northern side of Guadalcanal.
		The carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, Zuiho, and Junyo sailed to the island of Santa Cruz, where they were attacked on October 26 by dive bombers from the USS Enterprise and USS Hornet.
		The American planes, primarily from the USS Hornet, attacked the Shokaku and put her out of action for nine months of repairs.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap2g.htm (713 words)

	Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
		It now seems probable that the carriers were the Shokaku and Zuiho and that the target was actually the Zuiho.
		The Shokaku appears to have operated now with the Zuikaku now with the Zuiho, and the Zuikaku with the Shokaku at one time and with Hayataka later on.
		The known location of some of the damage suffered by that carrier almost certainly precludes the possibility that it was inflicted by two 500-pound bombs dropped on the stern.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-SantaCruz/USN-CN-SantaCruz-5.html (1804 words)

	Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor (They Caught Us Flat-Footed)
		Marine observers later recounted that Shokaku's planes also dropped light bombs, perhaps of the 60-kilogram variety, as they counted five small craters on the filed after the attack.
		As in the previous attacks by Shokaku's Vals, the last group came in at very low altitude from just over the tops of the trees surrounding the station.
		Quite taken by the high maneuverability of the nimble dive bombers, which they were seeing at close hand for the second time that day, the Marines mistook them for fighter aircraft with fixed landing gear.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003116-00/sec3b.htm (1762 words)

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