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CV Sorju
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Sorju | 1934/11/20 Kure Kaigun Kosho | 1935/12/23 | 1936/12/01 | 1942/06/04
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| Namesake: "Blue-gray dragon" ("modrošedý drak") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv2 | ||||
| 41/11/26 | 41/12/24 | raidPH | StrFor1/CarDiv2 | ||
| 41/12/16 | 41/12/28 | 2ndWakeInvFor/CarDiv2 | land Wake | 99 | |
| 42/01/08 | 42/01/28 | StrFor1/AmbStrGrp/CarDiv2 | land Rabaul, Kavieng and Ambon | 99 | |
| 42/01/12 | 42/01/17 | StrFor1/AmbStrGrp/CarDiv2 | sail from Hashiradzima to Palau | 99 | |
| 42/01/21 | 42/01/28 | StrFor1/AmbStrGrp/CarDiv2 | strike Ambon | 99 | |
| 42/02/15 | 42/02/21 | StrFor1/CarDiv2 | 1st Port Darwin Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/11 | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv2 | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/18 | C | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv2 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 |
| 42/04/19 | 42/04/22 | StrFor2/CarDiv2 | TF 16 hunting after Tokio raid | 99 | |
| 42/05/25 | 42/06/04 | B1/StrFor1/CarrGrp/CarDiv2 | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/04 | B1/StrFor1/CarrGrp/CarDiv2 | xMidway-sunk - 713 KIA | 66 99 | ||