Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō
Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally built as the submarine support ship Tsurugizaki (Japanese: 剣埼, "Sword Cape") in the late 1930s, she was converted before the Pacific War into an aircraft carrier and renamed. Completed in early 1942, the ship supported the invasion forces in Operation MO, the invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea, and was sunk by American carrier aircraft on her first combat operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May. Shōhō was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II.
Shōhō, 20 December 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Shōhō |
| Namesake | Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix', or "Happy Phoenix" |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 3 December 1934 |
| Launched | 1 June 1935 |
| Commissioned | 30 November 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk by air attack during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942 |
| General characteristics (as converted) | |
| Class and type | Zuihō-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 11,443 t (11,262 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 205.5 m (674 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 18.2 m (59 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 6.6 m (21 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 785 |
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| Aircraft carried | 30 |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × Aircraft elevators |
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