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CV Shokaku
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Sokaku | 1937/12/12 Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho | 1939/06/01 | 1941/08/08 | 1944/06/19
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Crane Flying in Heaven" ("jeřáb létající v nebi") also "Happy Crane" ("šťastný jeřáb") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv5 | ||||
| 41/11/22 | 41/12/24 | raidPH | StrFor1/CarDiv5 | 18xA6M2,27xD3A1,27xB5N2 | |
| 42/01/03 | 42/01/05 | Kure | 99 | ||
| 42/01/05 | 42/01/08 | Hiroshima Bay | 99 | ||
| 42/01/08 | 42/01/29 | R | StrFor1/CarDiv5 | land Rabaul and Kavieng | 99 |
| 42/01/30 | 42/02/03 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 42/02/03 | 42/03/07 | Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 42/02/27 | 42/03/05 | Jokosuka - drydock | 99 | ||
| 42/03/07 | departed Jokosuka | 99 | |||
| 42/03/11 | 42/03/16 | sail with Zuikaku, Ise and Hijuga searching for enemy believed approaching to homeland | 99 | ||
| 42/03/17 | 42/03/24 | sail from Jokosuka to Staring Bay, Celebes | 99 | ||
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/19 | C | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv5 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 |
| 42/04/19 | 42/04/25 | sail from Mako, Pescadores to Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/05/01 | 42/05/09 | MO | StrFor | xCoralS - 21xA6M2, 20xD3A1, 21xB5N2 | 99 |
| 42/05/08 | MO | StrFor | xCoralS-disable(bombs 3 - TF 17, TF11) - 108 KIA, 40 WIA | 99 | |
| 42/05/09 | 42/05/12 | sail from Coral Sea to Philippine Sea (rendes-vous with DesDiv15) | 99 | ||
| 42/05/12 | 42/05/17 | sail from Philippine Sea to Kure escorted by DesDiv15 | 99 | ||
| 42/05/17 | 42/07 | Kure - repairs | 99 | ||
| 42/06/16 | 42/06/27 | Kure - drydock | 99 | ||
| 42/07/14 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv1 | IJN reorganization - 26xA6M2, 24xD3A1, 18xB5N2, 1xD4Y1-C | 99 | ||
| 42/07/19 | 42/07/21 | Hashiradzima | 99 | ||
| 42/07/31 | arrived Hashiradzima | 99 | |||
| 42/08/16 | 42/09/05 | KI | StrFor1/CarDiv1 | xEasSol | |
| 42/09/11 | 42/09/23 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1/CarDiv1 | patro: South Pacific | 15 | |
| 42/09/23 | 42/10/11 | Truk | 15 | ||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/28 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FltF,FF | xSCruz - 18xA6M2,20xD3A,23xB5N | ||
| 42/10/26 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FltF,FF | damaged(VB-8, VS-8) | 8 85 | ||
| 42/11/02 | 42/11/06 | sail from Truk to Kure with Zuiho and Cikuma screened by DesDiv4 | 99 | ||
| 42/11/06 | 43/03/19 | Jokosuka - repairs | 15 | ||
| 43/02/08 | 43/03/19 | Jokosuka - drydock | 99 | ||
| 43/03/19 | 43/03/27 | sail from Jokosuka to Tokujama > Iwashima > Beppu > Tokujama > Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/04/05 | 43/04/26 | departed Kure for round trips between Iwashima, Tokujama (3 times), Oita, Beppu | 99 | ||
| 43/04/26 | 43/05/14 | Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/05/14 | 43/05/20 | departed Kure to round trips to Oita, Iwashima, Tokujama | 99 | ||
| 43/05/20 | 43/05/21 | sail from Tokujama to Jokosuka as reaction on US Attu landing | 99 | ||
| 43/05/21 | 43/05/31 | CF/CarDiv1 | Jokosuka | 99 | |
| 43/05/31 | 43/06/02 | sail from Jokosuka to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/06 | 43/07 | Kure - Tokujama area | 99 | ||
| 43/07/09 | 43/07/15 | CF/CarDiv1 | sail from Kure to Truk with CarDiv1, CruDiv8 and DesRon10 | 91 99 | |
| 43/07/15 | 43/09 | Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/08/03 | departed Truk on short sortie | 99 | |||
| 43/08/25 | departed Truk on short sortie | 99 | |||
| 43/09/18 | 43/09/25 | CF/CarDiv1 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as reaction to US strikes on Tarawa and Makin | 99 | |
| 43/09/25 | 43/09/26 | short sortie from Truk and back | 99 | ||
| 43/10/17 | 43/10/26 | CF/CarDiv1 | sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as reaction to US strikes on Wake | 99 | |
| 43/10/30 | 43/11/13 | RO | 3rdFlt/Strfor1/CarDiv1 | Rabaul reinfiorcement | 99 |
| 43/11/11 | 43/11/15 | sail from Rabaul to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/11/26 | 43/12/01 | sail from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/11/26 | 43/12/01 | sail from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/17 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/17 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/12/17 | 44/01/17 | Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/12/27 | 44/01/06 | Jokosuka - drydock | 99 | ||
| 44/01/18? | 44/02/06 | Inland Sea (with Zuikaku) | 99 | ||
| 44/02/06 | 44/02/13 | sail (with Zuikaku) from Kure to Singapore | 99 | ||
| 44/02/20 | 44/02/2? | sail from Singapore to Lingga | 99 | ||
| 44/03 | moving alternately between Singapore and Lingga | 99 | |||
| 44/03/22 | 44/03/25 | Lingga | 99 | ||
| 44/03/25 | 44/04/06 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv1/FltF | 99 | ||
| 44/03/31 | arrived Seleter, near Singapore Naval Yard | 99 | |||
| 44/04/03 | arrived Lingga | 99 | |||
| 44/04/04 | arrived Seleter | 99 | |||
| 44/05/12 | 44/05/15 | sail from Lingga to Tawi-Tawi | 15 99 | ||
| 44/06/13 | 44/06/19 | A-Go | ForA/CarDiv1 | xPhilip - 601st kokutai (part): 26xA6M5, 23xD4Y, 17xB6N, 2xD3A | 15 99 104 |
| 44/06/19 | A-Go | ForA/CarDiv1 | xPhilip-sunk(Cavalla) - 1272 KIA (58/830 + 376 from 601.kokutai + 8 civilians), 570 survivors | 15 99 | |