Shokaku class aircraft carriers



Zuikaku(1944)

Displacement25,675t standard, 29,330t trial, 32,105t full load
Length236.06m pp, 250.0m wl, 257.5m oa
Width26.0m
Draught8.87m
Machinery4-shaft geared turbine, 8-boilers, 160,000shp
Fueloil 4100t
Speed34.2kt
Armourbelt 45mm (machinery), 165mm (magazine), deck 100mm (machinery), 130mm (magazine)
Armament16-12.7cm/40cal. AA gun (2x8), 42-25mm AA MG, 84 aircraft
Complement1660



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
ShokakuFY1937Yokosuka NYd1937.12.121939. 6. 11941. 8. 8CV1944. 6.19 sunk
(torpedoed, off Mariana)
[11.40N, 137.40E]
1945. 8.31 disc
ZuikakuFY1937Kawasaki, Kobe1938. 5.251939.11.271941. 9.25CV1944.10.25 sunk
(air attack, NE of Philippines)
[19.20N, 125.15E]
1945. 8.31 disc




Zuikaku (Dec 1941) - model produced by: TAMIYA Inc., assembled and painted by: Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito)


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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2002.
Illustration by courtesy of Tensho