Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō

This was one of two vessels of the Zuiko Class of light carriers. She was laid down in Dec 1934, launched in June 1935 and then completed as a submarine tender Jan 1939. She was then converted in 1941 as a light carrier and entered service in Jan 1942. She was lightly armed with 4 twin 5/40 DP guns and 8 25mm AA, she could accommodate 30 aircraft in a single hangar. She displaced 14,200 tons, length 660 feet and maximum speed of 28 knots with a crew of 785. She was sunk in the Coral Sea by USN aircraft on 7 May 1942.

Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shōhō Media

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  IJN Tsurugizaki.

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  Figure of Japanese aircraft carrier SHOHO in 1942.

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  Shōhō undergoing conversion into a light carrier, 2 September 1941

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  Dramatic shot of the detonation of a 1,000-pound (450 kg) bomb on Shōhō during the Battle of the Coral Sea

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  Shōhō hit by a torpedo launched by a Devastator from Lexington