Sōryū
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Sōryū was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to follow Sōryū, but Hiryū's design was heavily modified and she is often considered to be a separate class. Sōryū's aircraft were employed in operations during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s and supported the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in mid-1940. During the first months of the Pacific War, she took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Wake Island, and supported the conquest of the Dutch East Indies. In February 1942, her aircraft bombed Darwin, Australia, and she continued on to assist in the Dutch East Indies campaign. In April, Sōryū's aircraft helped sink two British heavy cruisers and several merchant ships during the Indian Ocean raid.
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Soryu; Souryuu; Sōryū
mass 19100 tonne, mass 16200 tonne, length 227.5 metre, speed 34 knot, speed 34.5 knot, beam 21.3 metre, draft 7.62 metre, 12 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 anti-aircraft gun, 28 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun,
Kure Naval Arsenal, Imperial Japanese Navy, 
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Location: 30.6333, -179.2167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Sōryū ⓘ
1935 Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
A Nakajima E8N seaplane flying by the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu and Ryujo
The Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, photographed from the destroyer Murakumo| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| object | watercraft | Sōryū | Sōryū-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1928 | Kaga | Tosa-class battleship, shipwreck, dreadnought, aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| commons | image | A Nakajima E8N seaplane flying by the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu and Ryujo | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, photographed from the destroyer Murakumo | Commons | ||
