Aircraft Carrier Shokaku

Shokaku

國家	日本
艦級	Shokaku 級航空母艦
造船廠	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
安放龍骨日期	1937年12月12日
下水日期	1939年6月1日
服役日期	1941年8月8日
沉沒日期	1944年6月19日
排水量	26,087 tons standard; 32,620 tons full
長度	845 feet
寬度	85 feet
吃水	29 feet
動力來源	8 boilers, 4 Kampon geared steam turbines, 4 shafts
功率	160,000 shaft horsepower
速度	34 knots
續航力	9,700nm at 18 knots
乘員	1,660
武裝	16x127mm Type 89 dual purpose guns, 36x25mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
艦載機	72 operational, 12 in reserve

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseShokaku was built at Yokosuka Dockyard, Japan. Completed in Aug 1941, she participated in Japan's early wartime offensives, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid into the Indian Ocean and the Battle of Coral Sea. In the latter action, on 8 May 1942, Shokaku was seriously damaged by dive bombers from USS Yorktown (CV-5), but her modern designed allowed her to limp back to Japan for repairs and fight another day. However, that also meant she was to miss Midway action, where her presence might have tipped the balance of battle in Japan's favor. In Aug 1942, Shokaku took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, where she helped in damaging but failed to sink the American carrier Enterprise. In Oct, she participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in which she took on battle damage but her aircraft was able to sink the carrier Hornet. In 1943, Captain Hiroshi Matsubara took command of Shokaku. On 15 Jun 1944, she participated in Operation A-Go which led to the Battle of the Philippine Sea of 19 Jun. While refueling, she was hit at 1123 by three or four torpedoes from submarine Cavalla. The ensuing fire exploded a bomb at 1408, which ignited aviation fuel. As the fire grew out of control, she sank, taking 1,272 men to the bottom of the ocean with her. Only 570 men, including Captain Matsubara, survived.

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Last Major Revision: Sep 2006

Aircraft Carrier Shokaku 互動地圖

Photographs

The chief shipbuilders of carrier Shokaku posing with the hull of the ship two days prior to launching, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 May 1939

Launching of Shokaku from the second construction slip of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 1430 hours on 1 Jun 1939

Carrier Shokaku at Yokosuka, Japan, 23 Aug 1941

Group portrait of the flight officers of Shokaku while the ship was underway toward US Territory of Hawaii, 6 Dec 1941

See all 36 photographs of Aircraft Carrier Shokaku

Maps

Battle of the Coral Sea map and infographic, published 3 May 2017

Shokaku Operational Timeline

1941年8月8日	Shokaku was commissioned into service at Yokosuka, Japan.
1941年8月23日	Shokaku arrived at Ariake, Tokyo, Japan and became the flagship of 1st Air Fleet of Carrier Division 5.
1941年9月8日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan and disembarked Commander First Air Fleet.
1941年9月10日	Shokaku became the flagship of Carrier Division 5. She would remain at Yokosuka, Japan for the rest of the month.
1941年10月8日	Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan and joined new sister ship Zuikaku for the first time. She moved around in Kure, Oita, Saeki area in the remainder of the month.
1941年11月9日	Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan.
1941年11月14日	At Kure, Japan, Shokaku was relieved of her status as the flagship of Carrier Division 5 as Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara broke his flag on Zuikaku.
1941年11月19日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed the Inland Sea for Hittokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands to join the ships massing for the Hawaii Operation.
1941年11月22日	Carrier Division 5, centered around Shokaku and Zuikaku, arrived at Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands as part of a last-minute addition to the Carrier Striking Force.
1941年11月26日	Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo led the Japanese Carrier Division 1 (Akagi and Kaga), Carrier Division 2 (Hiryu and Soryu), Carrier Division 5 (Shokaku and Zuikaku), first section of Battleship Division 3 (Hiei and Kirishima), Cruiser Division 8 (Tone and Chikuma), Destroyer Squadron 1, Destroyer Squadron 17, and Destroyer Squadron 18 out of Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands for the Hawaii Operation, the attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1941年12月7日	The Japanese Navy launched two strike waves against the US fleet at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 anti-aircraft training ship, 1 minelayer; destroying 188 aircraft; and killing 2,459 (57 of which were civilian; 1,177 of which occurred aboard USS Arizona) and wounding 1,282 (35 of which were civilian). The Japanese lost only 29 aircraft and 5 midget submarines; 55 were killed and 10 were wounded. Akagi's torpedo planes were instrumental in sinking the battleships USS Oklahoma and USS West Virginia. Zuikaku, with less experienced pilots, attacked land targets. Vice Admiral Nagumo ordered a withdrawal following recovery of the second attack wave.
1941年12月23日	Akagi, Kaga, Shokaku, and Zuikaku arrived at Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay, Japan, along with escorts Shigure, Shiratsuyu, Ariake, and Yugure.
1942年1月3日	Shokaku was undocked at Kure, Japan.
1942年1月5日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Kure, Japan for Hiroshima Bay.
1942年1月8日	Shokaku departed Hiroshima, Japan for Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年1月14日	Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年1月16日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands and took part in Operation R.
1942年1月17日	Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected Japanese carrier Shokaku at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年1月20日	Shokaku and Zuikaku launched strikes against Rabaul, New Britain. After the aircraft were recovered, the pair set sail toward eastern New Guinea island.
1942年1月21日	Shokaku and Zuikaku launched strikes against Lae and Salamaua, Australian New Guinea.
1942年1月29日	Shokaku and Zuikaku returned to Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年1月30日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Yokosuka, Japan to pick up aircraft.
1942年2月3日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan and remained there for the remainder of the month.
1942年2月27日	Shokaku entered drydock at Yokosuka, Japan.
1942年3月5日	Shokaku left drydock at Yokosuka, Japan.
1942年3月7日	Shokaku departed Yokosuka, Japan.
1942年3月11日	Shokaku and Zuikaku accompanied Vice Admiral Takasu Shiro's First Fleet (Ise and Hyuga) on a sortie to sweep for enemy believed to approaching Japan.
1942年3月16日	Shokaku and Zuikaku returned to Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
1942年3月17日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Yokosuka, Japan for Staring Bay, Celebes, Dutch East Indies to join Operation C. They were escorted by Arare, Kagero, and Akigumo.
1942年3月24日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Staring Bay at Celebes, Dutch East Indies.
1942年3月26日	Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's Japanese First Air Fleet, built around a nucleus of five aircraft carriers (Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku), and supported by battleships (Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, and Kirishima), cruisers (Tone, Chikuma, Abukuma), and destroyers, sailed from Staring Bay, Celebes, Dutch East Indies to the west of Timor into the Indian Ocean with the intention of attacking the Royal Navy's bases at Colombo and Trincomalee in Ceylon.
1942年4月3日	The Japanese fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo entered the Indian Ocean.
1942年4月5日	In the morning, Japanese carriers launched 36 D3A2 dive bombers and 53 B5N2 torpedo bombers, escorted by 36 Zero fighters, against the British naval base at Colombo, Ceylon, sinking merchant cruiser HMS Hector, damaging port facilities, while shooting down 25 British aircraft; 7 Japanese aircraft were lost in this attack. Around noon, cruiser Tone's floatplane spotted British cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire 200 miles southwest of Ceylon; 53 carrier aircraft were launched to attack, sinking Dorsetshire at 1350 hours (234 killed) and Cornwall at 1400 hours (190 killed); 1,122 survived from both ships.
1942年4月9日	Japanese carrier aircraft attacked the harbor at Trincomalee, Ceylon at 0700 hours. Two hours later, empty British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire were detected 90 miles further south. At 1035 hours, Japanese carrier aircraft attacked and sank HMS Hermes (307 killed) and HMAS Vampire (9 killed); hospital ship Vita rescued survivors from both warships. At 1207 hours, 20 Japanese carrier dive bombers sank British oiler Athelstane (all aboard survived) and British corvette HMS Hollyhock (48 were killed, 17 survived) in the Indian Ocean.
1942年4月10日	Japanese Navy Carrier Division 5 (Shokaku and Zuikaku) was ordered by Isoroku Yamamoto to detach from the returning Indian Ocean raid fleet and sail for Mako (now Makung), Pescadores Islands.
1942年4月18日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Mako, Pescadores Islands. Destroyers Hagikaze and Maikaze escorted them along the way and returned to rejoin the returning Indian Ocean raiders fleet. Shokaku and Zuikaku embarked provisions at Mako.
1942年4月19日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Mako, Pescadores Islands to participate in Operation MO in the Coral Sea commencing 20 Apr 1942. They were escorted by Ariake, Yugure, Shigure, and Shiratsuyu.
1942年4月25日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年5月1日	Carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku departed from Truk to support the Port Moresby, New Guinea invasion under the overall command of Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi.
1942年5月2日	Shokaku and Zuikaku attempted to transfer 9 fighters to reinforce the Tainan Air Group at Rabaul, New Britain, but this failed due to poor weather.
1942年5月3日	Shokaku and Zuikaku attempted to transfer 9 fighters to reinforce the Tainan Air Group at Rabaul, New Britain, but this failed due to poor weather.
1942年5月7日	At Coral Sea, Japanese carriers attacked US oiler Neosho and destroyer Sims thinking they were a carrier and cruiser, while US carriers attacked escort carrier Shoho (sank at 1135 hours after 13 bomb and 5 torpedo hits; 631 were killed, 203 survived) and nearby cruisers and destroyer thinking it was part of the main carrier force. At 1747 hours, 12 Japanese dive bombers and 15 torpedo bombers in search of the US carrier fleet was intercepted by 11 US fighters; 9 Japanese and 3 US aircraft were destroyed during the subsequent engagement. At the end of the day, both sides decided against a night battle and prepared for new attacks at dawn.
1942年5月8日	Japanese and US carrier fleets at Coral Sea discovered each other in the morning, each closing in to attack. Japanese carrier Shokaku was damaged by 3 bombs at 1057 hours (223 casualties), while American carrier USS Lexington was hit by two bombs at 1120 hours (191 killed at 1120 hours; gasoline explosion at 1247 hours killed another 25; scuttled by USS Phelps at 1915 hours) and American carrier USS Yorktown was hit by a bomb (66 casualties). Meanwhile at Port Moresby, an Australian cruiser force successfully defended itself against land-based aircraft attack as it blocked the Japanese invasion fleet for Port Moresby, New Guinea. As both sides withdrew due to damage and losses, the Japanese scored a tactical victory, but lost strategic momentum as the Port Moresby invasion must now be delayed.
1942年5月9日	Yugure and Ushio took on fuel from a tanker in the Coral Sea at 0015 hours. At 0515 hours, Yugure was ordered to escort the damaged Shokaku to Yokosuka, Japan; Shokaku was administratively reassigned to Carrier Division 5 of 1st Air Fleet for the upcoming dramatic dash past a cordon of American submarines alerted to intercept the Japanese carrier. Meanwhile, Ushio was ordered to escort Zuikaku, which was ordered to pursue any American ships remaining in the Coral Sea area.
1942年5月10日	Takeo Takagi ordered Shokaku and Zuikaku to set sail for Rabaul, New Britain at 1000 hours after deciding the American fleet was out of the area.
1942年5月10日	Sazanami joined Yugure at 1200 hours in escorting Shokaku to Yokosuka, Japan.
1942年5月11日	Shokaku, Yugure, and Sazanami was ordered to sail to Kure, Japan instead of Yokosuka.
1942年5月12日	Shokaku made rendezvous with Kuroshio, Oyashio, and Hayashio in the Philippine Sea; Ushio and Yugure were released as her escorts. Shokaku avoided more US submarines during her final leg home. However, with the high speeds and gashed bow, the ship took on so much water that she nearly capsized en route.
1942年5月13日	The Japanese Combined Fleet determined that Japanese Navy Carrier Division 5 (Shokaku and Zuikaku), with the recent losses at Coral Sea, could not be used for the upcoming Midway invasion.
1942年5月17日	Damaged carrier Shokaku, having evaded no less than eight submarines, arrived at Kure, Japan at 1830 hours, escorted by Yugure, Kuroshio, Oyashio, and Hayashio. She was immediately placed in the Reserve Unit of the Mobile Force.
1942年5月25日	Captain Jojima was relieved by Captain Masafumi Arima as the commanding officer of Shokaku.
1942年6月16日	Shokaku entered drydock for battle damage repairs.
1942年6月27日	Shokaku left drydock.
1942年7月14日	Zuikaku was assigned to Striking Force, 3rd Fleet, Carrier Division 1, joining Shokaku and Zuiho. Chuichi Hara's flag was struck from Zuikaku upon this assignment.
1942年7月19日	Shokaku arrived at Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay, Japan.
1942年7月21日	Shokaku departed Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay, Japan.
1942年7月31日	Shokaku arrived at Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay, Japan.
1942年8月16日	Shokaku (as flagship) and Zuikaku were assigned to Main Body, Striking Force, 3rd Fleet, Carrier Division 1. They departed the Hashirajima anchorage in Japan to support operations in the Guadalcanal area.
1942年8月24日	A Japanese force centered around carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku sailed down into the Solomon Islands with light carrier Ryujo and cruiser tone operating independently south of the main fleet. At 0415, 19 torpedo bombers and 7 seaplanes were launched to search for American ships. At 1250, the search plane from cruiser Chikuma reported sighting USS Saratoga and USS Enterprise; the search plane was quickly shot down, but the Japanese nevertheless gained an idea of the American position. Shokaku launched 18 dive bombers and Zuikaku launched 9 dive bombers starting at 1300 hours. At 1315, two bombers from Enterprise surprised Shokaku, but the torpedo they launched would fail to hit the Japanese carrier. At 1400 hours, a second strike was launched by Shokaku (9 dive bombers and 3 fighters) and Zuikaku (18 dive bombers and 6 fighters). At around the same time, Battle of the Eastern Solomons crew its first casualty when Ryujo was discovered and fatally damaged by several 1,000-pound bombs. At 1440, the first attack wave from the Japanese carriers attacked Enterprise, scoring three bomb hits (70 were killed, 70 were injured), but the Japanese would lose 18 dive bombers and 6 fighters in the engagement. The second wave failed to locate the American carriers and returned before dark. Japanese warships attempted to engage the US fleet after dark, but the force failed to locate the American fleet, and discontinued the search at 2330 hours.
1942年9月1日	Shokaku was assigned to Support Force, Striking Force Main Body (3rd Fleet, Carier Division 1).
1942年9月5日	Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年9月10日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年9月23日	Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1942年10月11日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Guadalcanal operations.
1942年10月11日	Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo led a fleet out of Truk, Caroline Islands consisted of Shokaku, Zuikaku, Zuiho, Kumano, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Yukikaze, Arashi, Maikaze, Teruzuki, and Hamakaze to cover a major Guadalcanal convoy reinforcement.
1942年10月15日	At 0937 hours, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's carrier fleet received a sighting report of a US light cruiser and a tugboat towing a floating drydock east of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Shokaku launched 8 fighters and 21 dive bombers and Zuikaku launched 9 torpedo bombers to attack the Americans. At 1025 hours, they came upon what turned out to be destroyer USS Meredith, fleet tug USS Vireo, and a gasoline barge southeast of San Cristobal, Solomon Islands. USS Meredith was sunk after multiple bomb and torpedo hits; 192 were killed, 81 survived. The Japanese lost one dive bomber and two torpedo bombers.
1942年10月26日	Shokaku was heavily damaged by bombs during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Four to six bombs struck the flight deck; one struck aft of the island and the rest were grouped around the amidships and aft elevators. Large fires were started, and the flight deck was completely buckled by the blasts. Though sixty officers and men were killed, since no aircraft were aboard, no fuel was active and damage control was able to extinguish the fires and save the ship. Admiral Nagumo transferred his flag to destroyer Arashi. Then, with the damaged light carrier Zuiho, Shokaku was detached and ordered home to Truk escorted by Hatsukaze and Maikaze.
1942年10月26日	At the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, US forces achieved victory but saw USS Enterprise, USS South Dakota, and USS San Juan damaged. Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) was badly damaged from aerial bombs and torpedoes and then finally hit by three Type 93 torpedoes launched from Japanese destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo which caused her to sink 30 minutes later. On the Japanese side, carriers Shokaku and Zuiho were damaged by dive bombers from USS Hornet and USS Enterprise, respectively.
1942年10月26日	Kumano screened the carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Zuiho in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
1942年10月28日	Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands for emergency repairs.
1942年11月2日	Shokaku depart Truk, Caroline Islands screened by Destroyer Division 4 with the damaged Zuiho and Chikuma, for Japan for permanent repairs.
1942年11月6日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan and entered the navy yard immediately for a long period of extensive repairs and refit.
1943年1月16日	Shokaku's assignment was shifted from Main Unit, Mobile Force to the Maintenance Force, Mobile Force.
1943年2月8日	Shokaku entered drydock and remained there through the month.
1943年2月16日	Captain Masafumi was relieved as the commanding officer of Shokaku; the successor was unknown.
1943年3月19日	Shokaku departed Yokosuka, Japan for Kure, Japan.
1943年3月27日	Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan after layovers at Tokuyama, Iwaishima, Beppu, and Tokuyama again en route.
1943年4月5日	Shokaku departed Kure, Japan for a series of round trips between Iwaishima and Tokuyama (3 times), Oita, and Beppu.
1943年4月26日	Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan.
1943年5月14日	Shokaku departed Kure, Japan for another series of trips to Oita, Iwasihima, and Tokuyama.
1943年5月20日	Shokaku departed Tokuyama, Japan for the Yokosuka region to prepare for the counter offensive at the Aleutian Islands.
1943年5月21日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan with Cruiser Division 7 from Tokuyama, Japan.
1943年5月22日	Shokaku joined a large fleet for the Aleutian Islands, but the sortie was canceled as Attu was reclaimed by US forces.
1943年5月31日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Yokosuka, Japan for the Inland Sea.
1943年6月1日	Throughout this month, Shokaku was in and around the Kure-Tokuyama area, Japan.
1943年6月2日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Kure, Japan.
1943年7月9日	Shokaku departed Kure, Japan for Truk, Caroline Islands where she was to join her sister ship Zuikaku.
1943年7月15日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年8月1日	Shokaku remained at Truk, Caroline Islands throughout the month of Aug 1943, except for two short sorties on 3 Aug and 25 Aug.
1943年8月3日	Shokaku sortied from Truk.
1943年8月25日	Shokaku sortied from Truk.
1943年9月18日	Yamato, Nagato, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Myoko, Haguro, and a destroyer screen sortied from Truk, Caroline Islands to Brown Island (Eniwetok), Marshall Islands with Combined Fleet under Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's tactical command in response to the US Task Force 15 carrier raids on Tarawa and Makin.
1943年9月20日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands.
1943年9月23日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Eniwetok, Marshall Islands for Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年9月25日	Yamato, Shokaku, and Zuikaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年10月15日	Shokaku and Zuikaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年10月16日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年10月17日	Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen sortied from Truk, Caroline Islands to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands with Combined Fleet under Admiral Mineichi Koga's command in response to US Task Force 16 carrier raids on Wake Island.
1943年10月19日	Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen arrived at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
1943年10月20日	Mineichi Koga ordered the commanders of Shokaku and Zuikaku to prepare for Operation RO, the reinforcement of the Rabaul and New Britain air forces with carrier air groups.
1943年10月23日	Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen departed Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands and sortied to a position 250 miles south of Wake Island.
1943年10月26日	Yamato, Musashi, Fuso, Nagato, Kongo, Haruna, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Takao, Atago, Maya, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tone, Chikuma, Agano, Oyodo, and a destroyer screen arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年10月30日	Shokaku and Zuikaku transferred designated sections of air group ashore to Truk, Caroline Islands; these air groups would soon be flown to reinforce Rabaul, New Britain.
1943年11月11日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Yokosuka, Japan.
1943年11月13日	Shokaku returned to Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年11月15日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan.
1943年11月17日	Shokaku's commanding officer Captain Hiroshi Matsubara was relieved; the successor was unknown.
1943年11月26日	Shokaku departed Yokosuka, Japan for Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年12月1日	Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
1943年12月12日	Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Yokosuka, Japan.
1943年12月17日	Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan.
1943年12月27日	Shokaku entered drydock at Yokosuka, Japan.
1944年1月6日	Shokaku left drydock.
1944年1月17日	Shokaku departed Yokosuka, Japan to join Zuikaku in the Inland Sea.
1944年2月6日	Shokaku and Zuikaku western Seto Inland Sea for Singapore; they were escorted by Chikuma, Yahagi, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akigumo, Kazagumo, and Asagumo.
1944年2月13日	Shokaku and Zuikaku arrived at Singapore, the new advance base for decisive operations.
1944年2月20日	Shokaku departed Singapore for Lingga, Dutch East Indies.
1944年2月20日	Shokaku departed Singapore for Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies.
1944年3月1日	Shokaku moved alternately between Singapore and Lingga, Dutch East Indies throughout the month of Mar 1944.
1944年3月1日	Shokaku moved alternately between Singapore and Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies throughout the month of Mar 1944.
1944年3月22日	Shokaku arrived at Lingga, Dutch East Indies.
1944年3月25日	At Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies, Shokaku became the flagship of Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo's Third Fleet and the Mobile Fleet.
1944年3月31日	Shokaku arrived off Singapore naval yard.
1944年4月3日	Zuikaku departed Seletar, Singapore, arriving at Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies later in the same day. Shokaku also arrived at Lingga Roads.
1944年4月4日	Shokaku returned to Singapore naval arsenal. The Third Fleet's flag was transferred ashore.
1944年5月12日	Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho departed Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies for the Tawi-Tawi anchorage in the Philippine Islands.
1944年5月13日	USS Lapon made contact with a Japanese force consisted of carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho in the South China Sea west of Dutch Borneo at 0618 hours, and was in turn detected by the Japanese as well. The Japanese attacked the America submarine with depth charges, which kept the submarine away but caused o damage.
1944年5月14日	USS Bonefish made contact with a Japanese force consisted of carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho in the Sulu Sea northwest of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines at 1400 hours.
1944年5月15日	At 0120 hours, USS Bonefish radioed in a report regarding the sighting of a Japanese carrier fleet in the Sulu Sea northwest of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines on the previous date. At 1030 hours, this Japanese carrier fleet, consisted of Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Taiho, arrived at Tawi-Tawi.
1944年6月13日	Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, Ryuho, Haguro, Myoko, Yahagi, Asagumo, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akizuki, and Shimotsuki departed Tawi-Tawi, Philippines toward Saipan, Mariana Islands in anticipation of an American attack. At 1830 hours, Japanese Combined Fleet leadership ordered the preparation of A-Go Operation.
1944年6月14日	Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, Ryuho, Haguro, Myoko, Yahagi, Asagumo, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akizuki, and Shimotsuki arrived at Guimaras island, Philippines in the afteroon.
1944年6月15日	The Japanese Combined Fleet activated A-Go Operation at 0717 hours as the Americans commenced their invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. At 0800 hours, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, Ryuho, Haguro, Myoko, Yahagi, Asagumo, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akizuki, and Shimotsuki departed Guimaras Island, Philippines toward Saipan, passing through San Bernardino Strait at 1730 hours.
1944年6月16日	Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, Ryuho, Haguro, Myoko, Yahagi, Asagumo, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akizuki, and Shimotsuki commenced refueling operations in Philippine waters.
1944年6月17日	Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, Ryuho, Haguro, Myoko, Yahagi, Asagumo, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hatsuzuki, Wakazuki, Akizuki, and Shimotsuki departed Philippine waters ad sailed toward Saipan, Mariana Islands at 1530 hours. At 2015 hours, USS Cavalla made radar contact with the Japanese carrier fleet in the Philippine Sea; Commander Herman Kossler decided to sail away in order to surface later, at 2245 hours, to send the contact report to his superiors. Receiving this news, US Navy leadership ordered search planes to be sent to look for this carrier fleet, thus setting up for the subsequent Battle of the Philippine Sea.
1944年6月18日	A search plane from Shokaku detected US Navy Task Force 58 in the Philippine Sea about 380 miles west of Yap Island in the Philippine Sea. At 2000 hours, as planned, the Japanese carrier fleet divided up in two.
1944年6月19日	At dawn, flagship Taiho, Shokaku, and Zuikaku launched launched combat air patrol fighters. At 0756 hours, the first major strike force was launched (48 fighters, 53 bombers, and 27 torpedo bombers; led by Lieutenant Commander Akira Tarui). At 0810 hours, USS Albacore hit Taiho with a torpedo in the starboard bow, but Taiho's damage control team allowed the carrier to remain in formation; destroyer Hatsuzuki was left behind to hunt for USS Albacore. At 1020 hours, Zuikaku launched a second strike force (4 fighters and 4 bombers) to join the fourth big raid on on US Navy Task Force 58. Meanwhile, Taiho suspended flight operations due to gas vapor issues and Shokaku was busy with combat air patrol duties through well past 1100 hours. At 1100 hours, Shokaku began recovering 10 fighters; while the recovery process continued, at 1122, Shokaku was hit by three torpedoes from USS Cavalla on the starboard side; two forward near the switchboard and generator room, one aft of amidships. Large fuel fires were ignited in the hangar and No. 1 boiler room went offline. Shokaku remained underway, but began to list to starboard. Counterflooding over-compensated, giving her a port list. Meanwhile flooding and heat of the fires forced shutting down of the boiler rooms. She continued to settle forward. Though damage control initially hoped to save her, the flooding forward and the fires intensify in the following hours. By 1210 hours Shokaku had come to a halt when fires detonate an aerial bomb on the hangar, setting off volatile gases from a cracked forward tank. Large induced explosions wrecked the carrier, and hope began to fade. The list to port and bow trim both increased. Carriers Zuikaku and Taiho were ordered to leave damaged Shokaku behind, while cruiser Yahagi and destroyer Urakaze remained with Shokaku. At 1350 hours, Shokaku strike planes returned, but were ordered away, redirected to Zuikaku and Taiho. By the time Taiho's aircraft returned, the gas vapor leak problem became extremely worrisome, and some of Taiho's aircraft were redirected to Zuikaku. At this time Captain Hiroshi Matsubara of Shokaku had ordered the carrrier abandoned and the crew mustered on the flight deck for flag lowering. However, before the evacuation can proceed far, the bow dipped under and water pours into No. 1 elevator well, causing the carrier to corkscew to port and up-end. Shokaku went down by the bow at 1401 hours, stern raised high. Between 1408 and 1411, four underwater explosions were registered. 58 officers, 830 petty officers and men, 376 members of Air Group 601, and 8 civilians were killed, totalling 1,272 deaths in the sinking of Shokaku. Light cruiser Yahagi and destroyers Urakaze and Hatsuzuki rescued Captain Hiroshi Matsubara among 570 other survivors. At 1432, another disaster struck as the gas vapor aboard Taiho detonated; the explosion engulfed the flagship. Zuikaku was ordered to proceed while Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa to transferred his flag to cruiser Haguro. At the end of the day, the Japanese Navy lost 244 of the 374 aircraft that it had launched during this battle. The US Navy had only lost 20 aircraft.
1945年8月31日	Shokaku was removed from the Japanese Navy List.

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