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in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, her aircraft severely damaged the carrier USS Enterprise." Zuikaku sent 9 dive bombers and 6 fighters in the first...

of the campaigns (Mariana Islands), a carrier by the name of Hiyo is the main target once you reach the Japanese fleet. I was looking on Combinedfleet...

wondering now how I neglected this in the first place? File:Japanese.aircraft.carrier.zuikaku.jpg - unless Mr. Kazutoshi Hando was a member of the USN,...

Shokaku and Zuikaku carried 84, and spotting planes made up some of their aircraft, while the Kakus devoted their entire group to attack aircraft. This is...

this is nonetheless an IJN carrier so I think the Japanese should be closer to her real complement. Changed number of aircraft in the summary box from 52...

How exactly did japan only have 4 fleet carriers total? I can name Taiho/Zuikaku/Shokaku/Hiryuu/Soryuu/Unryuu/Katsuragi/Amagi even without counting the...

included the aircraft carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, Ryuho, Zuikaku, battleships Hiei and Kirishima . . ." I notice that the carrier Zuikaku is listed here...

"EII" and vice versa. This implies that the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku (and their respective aircraft units) traded places within the kōkū sentai...

aircraft than the ten Japanese carriers could. I will add also that the British carriers had armored decks, unlike the American or Japanese carriers....

carrier forces brought to battle were the 1st Carrier Squadron (fleet carriers Taiho, Shokaku, and Zuikaku), the 2nd Carrier Squadron (light carriers...

the carrier-based Japanese forces in those battles, as it does now. First Air Fleet (second generation) was not composed of carrier-based aircraft. The...

surface while attempting repairs by two different Japanese destroyers, and was scuttled. During the Carrier battle of the Eastern Solomons the captain of...

comment in the lead: Zuikaku is not explicitly mentioned, so it is difficult to understand why "the two Japanese fleet carriers were unable to participate"...

was decided that trying to equip Zuikaku with a composite airgroup was too cumbersome as it violated Japanese carrier doctrine). The point here is that...

infobox lists Japanese forces as including 30 aircraft, Japanese losses as 52 aircraft??? 2. Where did the kamikaze aircraft come from? Japanese big ships...

of their participation in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku was laid up, at Truk in the Caroline Islands, waiting for...

ENGVAR - I see "draught" and "metre" vs. "armor" and later "meter" Link aircraft carrier, Tokyo Bay, Chiyoda Watch unit designations - Third Fleet vs. 1st Fleet...

Major-General Takeo Takagi, including the Fifth Carrier Division (the large, new carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku), to support the effort to seize the islands...

Following a suggestion on the Aircraft carrier talk page, I have started this page. It is only a quick and dirty attempt at this point and I have only...

long could he have searched or waited for the missing carriers? Trade three Japanese carriers for three American ones? Would that have been a good deal...