The Shōkaku, lead ship of Japan’s powerful aircraft carrier class, played a critical role in several major World War II ...

Zuikaku continued to form the core of the Japanese carrier fleet into 1944, participating in and surviving the battles of Guadalcanal (where her aircraft helped sink USS Hornet) and the Battle of ...

Zuikaku continued to form the core of the Japanese carrier fleet into 1944, participating in and surviving the battles of Guadalcanal (where her aircraft helped sink USS Hornet) and the Battle of ...

The USS Princeton light aircraft carrier was hit by a Yokosuka D4Y dive-bomber's 550-pound bomb. ... The Zuikaku under attack during the Battle of Cape Engaño on Oct. 25th, 1944.

To protect that amphibious force, Japan sent the aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku to patrol the adjacent Coral Sea. ... This was the first carrier-versus-carrier battle in history.

The Santa Barbara resident and Navy ace, who died last week at age 91, eventually did just that, dropping his own bomb on the Zuikaku, the last Japanese aircraft carrier remaining from the ...