I.J.N. Zuikaku
1944
(Neptun T1213a)
- Class: Shokaku - 2 aircraft carriers of 1939
- Displacement: 25,675 tons
- Dimensions: 774.3 (pp) 844.75 (oa) x 85.3 x 29 ft. F.D. 794.5 x 95 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 160,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 16-5 in. A.A. (8x2), 36-25 mm. A.A. (12x3) guns
- Aircraft: 84
- Complement: 1,660
- Builder: Kawasaki, Kobe
- Laid Down: 25 May 1938
- Launched: 27 Nov 1939
- Commissioned: 25 Sep 1941
- Service: 5th Carrier Division: Pearl Harbor, Rabaul, Darwin, Java, Ceylon, Coral Sea, Aleutians, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, Philippine Sea (damaged), Cape Engano. Sunk 25 Oct 1944 by US carrier aircraft.
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