Shōhō

Shōhō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally built as the submarine support ship Tsurugizaki 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.

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Shouhou
mass 11443 tonne, draft 6.58 metre, beam 18.19 metre, speed 28 knot, length 205.94 metre, 8 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 anti-aircraft gun, 8 Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun, 
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier, light aircraft carrier, Imperial Japanese Navy, 

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  Shōhō ⓘ
  1965 Zuihō-class aircraft carrier

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shipwrecking

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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World War II Q362

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Frameless

Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 (23904710992)

Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569407167)

Shoho conversion

Shoho trials

Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō

Shoho

Shoho g17026

Sinking of carrier Shoho during Battle of Coral Sea 1942

TBD drops torpedo at Japanese carrier Shoho 1942

Japanese carrier shoho attacked by torpedo planes 1942

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		Shōhō	Zuihō-class aircraft carrier, light aircraft carrier	Wikidata
commons	image		Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 (23904710992)		Commons
commons	image		Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569407167)		Commons
commons	image		Shoho conversion		Commons
commons	image		Shoho trials		Commons
commons	image		Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō		Commons
commons	image		Shoho		Commons
commons	image		Shoho g17026		Commons
commons	image		Sinking of carrier Shoho during Battle of Coral Sea 1942		Commons
commons	image		TBD drops torpedo at Japanese carrier Shoho 1942		Commons
commons	image		Japanese carrier shoho attacked by torpedo planes 1942		Commons