Carrier Shoho
Open the military map航空母艦祥鳳
Carrier
Light carrier, the first Japanese carrier sunk in WWII. Destroyed at the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942 by aircraft from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown.
Class / type
祥鳳型
Displacement
11,262 Tons
Complement
785
Launched
1 June 1935
Commissioned / formed
26 January 1942
Lost / disbanded
7 May 1942
- Armament
- 12.7cm高角砲8門、艦載機30機
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack
History
Light carrier, the first Japanese carrier sunk in WWII. Destroyed at the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942 by aircraft from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.283, 139.668
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal — laid down 3 December 1934 as the submarine tender Tsurugizaki, launched 1 June 1935, completed 15 January 1939; converted to a carrier and renamed Shōhō, the conversion being finished on 26 January 1942.
- Sunk-10.500, 152.200
Coral Sea, north of Misima Island in the Louisiades — sunk at about 11:35 on 7 May 1942 by aircraft from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown; only 203 of her 834 men were rescued.