Zuikaku (Japanese: 瑞鶴, meaning "Auspicious Crane") was the second and last Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly...

Completed shortly before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, the Shōkaku and Zuikaku were called "arguably the best aircraft carriers in the world" when built...

back. More important, the damage to Shōkaku and the aircraft losses of Zuikaku prevented both ships from participating in the Battle of Midway the following...

force, in July 1942 it comprised The large, fast carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, which made up the 1st Carrier Division. Both took part in the attack on...

Navy (IJN) shortly before the Pacific War. Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she took part in several key naval battles during the war, including the...

convoy to Guadalcanal and almost engaging the Japanese carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, which withdrew just before the two adversaries came into range of each...

(IJN) during World War II. He led Aichi D3A dive bombers from the carrier Zuikaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea that damaged Yorktown. Tamotsu Ema enrolled...

the Fifth Carrier Division consisted of the fleet carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku. These two ships participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, using their...

the American attempt to recapture Attu. The fleet included the carriers Zuikaku, Shōkaku, Jun'yō, Hiyō, the battleships Musashi, Kongō, Haruna, and the...

three groups. The "main body" contained the Japanese carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, the light carrier Ryūjō, and a screening force of one heavy cruiser and...

out of nine - but he survived to return to Zuikaku. The following day - 8 May 1942 - Shimazaki led Zuikaku's "Kates" in the attack on USS Lexington. Teaming...

First Air Fleet The Naval Data Base:航空戦隊.. When the new aircraft carrier Zuikaku was added to Fifth Kōkū Sentai, First Air Fleet consisted of Akagi, Kaga...

The carrier Zuikaku (center) and two destroyers under attack June 20, 1944...

that by combining the surviving aircraft and pilots from Shōkaku and Zuikaku, Zuikaku likely could have been equipped with almost a full composite air group...

Kaga were sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, carriers Shōkaku, Zuikaku, and Zuihō were redesignated as the First Carrier Division. The First Carrier...

victories in China. Subsequently, he flew Zeros from the aircraft carrier Zuikaku from December 1941 to May 1942, including at the Battle of the Coral Sea...

1942. Subsequent test flights conducted aboard the carriers Ryuho and Zuikaku indicated the need to strengthen the tail hook mounting on the plane's...

the number of messages needed, so he transferred again, to the carrier Zuikaku, at 13:00. He then learned of the disastrous results of the previous day...

miles (322 km) to the east, in open ocean. The Japanese aircraft carriers Zuikaku, Zuihō, Chitose and Chiyoda were repeatedly bombarded and sank, as well...

Force) of six aircraft carriers – Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, Hiryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku – departed Hittokapu Bay on Etorofu (now Iterup) Island in the Kuril Islands...

was assigned to the First Carrier Division with the carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku on 12 August. The division sailed to Truk on 1 October to support Japanese...

was the Striking Force that consisted of the fleet carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku. After covering the landings on Tulagi on 3 May, Shōhō headed north to...

built around the four aircraft carriers of the 3rd Carrier Division (Zuikaku—the last survivor of the six carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor in...

did not encounter the main Japanese force of the carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku until the next day. Aircraft from Lexington and Yorktown badly damaged...

from Zuikaku 27 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers: 18 from Shokaku, 9 from Zuikaku 9 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters: 3 from Shokaku, 6 from Zuikaku 27 Aichi...

and torpedo damage from aircraft operating from the carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, and it is debatable whether their torpedoes really affected Hornet's fate...

Solomons, Lieutenant Hidaka was temporarily transferred to the carrier Zuikaku as a part of Ayao Shirane's fighter squadron. During the battle, he led...

the Americans damaged Shōkaku. Although Zuikaku was left undamaged, aircraft and personnel losses to Zuikaku were heavy and the Japanese were unable to...

Nagara. In July 1942, Lieutenant Shirane was transferred to the carrier Zuikaku and became its fighter squadron leader. On 24 August 1942, he participated...

carrier strike force, which consisted of the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku, which were under a tactical command of Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara, the...