Class overview
Name: | Shōkaku class
Builders: | Kawasaki Kobe Shipyard Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Preceded by: | Hiryū
Succeeded by: | Taihō
Built: | 1938–1941
In commission: | 1941–1944
Completed: | 2
Lost: | 2
General characteristics (as built)
Type: | Aircraft carrier
Displacement: | 32,105 t (31,598 long tons) (deep load)
Length: | 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in)
Beam: | 29 m (95 ft 2 in)
Draft: | 9.32 m (30 ft 7 in) (deep load)
Depth: | 23 m (75 ft 6 in)
Installed power: | 160,000 shp (120,000 kW) 8 × water-tube boilers
Propulsion: | 4 × shafts; 4 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed: | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Range: | 9,700 nmi (18,000 km; 11,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: | 1660 officers and crewmen
Armament: | 8 × twin 127 mm (5 in) Type 89 dual-purpose guns 12 × triple 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 AA guns
Armor: | Waterline belt: 46–165 mm (1.8–6.5 in) Deck: 65–132 mm (2.6–5.2 in)
Aircraft carried: | 72 (+12 spares) 7 December 1941: 18 × Mitsubishi A6M Zeros 27 Aichi D3A "Val"s 27 Nakajima B5N "Kate"s