Carrier Zuiho
Open the military map航空母艦瑞鳳
Carrier
Light carrier sunk at the Battle of Cape Engano on October 25, 1944, part of Ozawa's decoy force.
Class / type
瑞鳳型
Displacement
11,262 Tons
Complement
785
Launched
19 June 1936
Commissioned / formed
27 December 1940
Lost / disbanded
25 October 1944
- Armament
- 12.7cm高角砲8門、艦載機30機
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack
History
Light carrier sunk at the Battle of Cape Engano on October 25, 1944, part of Ozawa's decoy force.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.283, 139.668
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal — laid down 20 June 1935 as the submarine tender Takasaki, launched 19 June 1936 and completed as the carrier Zuihō on 27 December 1940.
- Sunk19.333, 125.250
Off Cape Engaño (19°20′N 125°15′E) — after repeated bomb and torpedo hits from American carrier aircraft on 25 October 1944, Zuihō sank at 15:26.