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.
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Engagements 1
- May 4–8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
Movements
- April 30, 1942 Sails from Truk to cover the Port Moresby invasion Map
- May 7, 1942 Sunk north of Misima Island Battle of the Coral Sea Map