Shōhō
Ship · Japan · January 26, 1942 – May 7, 1942
Light carrier covering the Port Moresby invasion force; the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war, by aircraft from Lexington and Yorktown in the Coral Sea.
Recorded for Pacific War.
Engagements 1
Movements
- Sails from Truk to cover the Port Moresby invasion · map
- Sunk north of Misima Island (Battle of the Coral Sea) · map