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Ships · Japan · 1941-1944

Zuikaku

aircraft carrier

The last of the six Pearl Harbor carriers still afloat by late 1944, Zuikaku fought through nearly every major carrier battle of the war alongside her sister Shokaku. With Japan's carrier air groups gutted after the Philippine Sea, she was used deliberately as bait at Leyte Gulf, luring the American fleet north and away from the invasion beaches before being sunk by carrier aircraft on 25 October 1944.

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crew~1,660
aircraft~72
displacement25,675 tons (standard), 32,105 full load
speed34 knots

Pacific

Zuikaku
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Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku with Akizuki-class destroyer Wakatsuki underway during U.S. carrier plane attacks at about 1330 hrs. on 25 October 1944 during the Battle off Cape Engaño. The light carrier
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku with Akizuki-class destroyer Wakatsuki underway during U.S. carrier plane attacks at about 1330 hrs. on 25 October 1944 during the Battle off Cape Engaño. The light carrierU.S. Navy, photographed from a USS Essex (CV-9) plane. · Public domain · source
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku.
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku.Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source

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