Name: Shōkaku
Laid down: 12 December 1937
Launched: 1 June 1939
Commissioned: 8 August 1941
Fate: Sunk by American submarine Cavalla on 19 June 1944
General characteristics
Displacement: 25,675 long tons (26,087 t) (standard)
32,105 long tons (32,620 t) (full load)
Length: 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft 4 in)
Draft: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 160,000 shp (120,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × Kampon geared steam turbines
8 × boilers
4 × shafts
Speed: 34.2 kn (63.3 km/h; 39.4 mph)
Range: 9,700 nmi (18,000 km; 11,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 1,660
Armament: December 1941:

16 × 127 mm (5 in) Type 98 dual purpose guns
36 × 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 72(+12)
December 1941:

18 × Mitsubishi A6M Zeros
27 × Aichi D3A1 "Val"s
27 × Nakajima B5N1 (