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The Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier (Japanese: 翔鶴 Shōkaku; English:Flying Crane) was a Japanese aircraft carrier used by the Imperial Japanese Navy durign World War II. Commissioned on August 8, 1941, it participated in the attack of Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Coral Sea. It was sunk by the American submarine Cavalla on June 19, 1944.

Her sister ship, Zuikaku, was commissioned September 25th, 1941 and also took part in the attack of Pearl Harbor and was sunk by air attack in the Battle of Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944.

Contents 1 Battlefield 1942 1.1 Appearances 2 Battlefield 1943 3 Trivia

Battlefield 1942Edit

In Battlefield 1942, the Shōkaku is the Imperial Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier. It has 3 spawn points: one in the back near the bridge, one in the center for easy access to planes and one in the front for easy access to Daihatsu-class landing crafts. A6M Zeroes, D3A Vals and Daihatsus spawn regularly on the carrier. It has a few 40mm Bofors on both sides of the carrier to prevent bombers from attacking the carrier. It has a netting on both sides as well, so that players can climb on the carrier. A player can climb up to the bridge and pilot ship. It will take a moment to gain some speed, but it will be able to move at a decent speed shortly. Though this can be done, the Shokaku is best to be escorted by surface ships, as Aircraft Carriers are vulnerable to almost anything when unprotected.

It is a direct equivalent to the USN Yorktown-class aircraft carrier.

AppearancesEdit

• Midway
• Wake Island
• Coral Sea

v • d • e Vehicles of Battlefield 1942 Heavy tanks M10 · Tiger · T-34-76 · Sturmgeschutz (RtR) · T95 (SWoWWII) · Sturmtiger (SWoWWII) Medium tanks Sherman (T34 Calliope, SWoWWII) · T-34-85 · Panzer IV · Chi-ha · CA M11/39 (RtR) · M3 Grant (RtR) · Flakpanzer IV (SWoWWII) · M8 Greyhound (SWoWWII) Light vehicles Lynx scout car (SWoWWII) · Kettenkrad (SWoWWII) · Kubelwagen · Type 95 Kurogane (SWoWWII) · Willys MB · Harley-Davidson (SWoWWII) · Schwimmwagen (SWoWWII) Halftracks and APCs Hanomag · Ho Ha (SWoWWII) · M3A1 · LVTP (SWoWWII) · M4A1 (SWoWWII) · Munitions Panzer (SWoWWII) Self-propelled artillery Katyusha · Priest · Sexton (SWoWWII) · Wespe · M3 GMC (RtR) · Krupp Protze (SWoWWII) Fixed-wing fighters Bf 109 · Corsair · P-51 Mustang · Spitfire · Yak9 · Zero · C-47 Skytrain Dive-bombers Aichival / AichiVal-T · Il-2 Sturmovik (SWoWWII) · Ju-87 Stuka · SBD / SBD-T Medium bombers BF110 (RtR) · Mosquito (RtR) Heavy bombers B-17 Flying Fortress · Ju-88A (SWoWWII) Jet aircraft AW-52 (SWoWWII) · F-85 Goblin (SWoWWII) · HO-229 (SWoWWII) · Natter rocket plane (SWoWWII) Emplacements 40mm Bofors · Browning · Flak 38 · MG42 · PAK 40 (RtR)· Defgun · QF 25 pdr (RtR) · Wasserfall (SWoWWII) Aircraft carriers Enterprise · Shokaku Battleships Prince of Wales · Yamato Destroyers Hatsuzuki · Fletcher Submarines Gato · U-boat type VIIC Small boats Daihatsu · Elco 80 (SWoWWII) · Lvcp · Raft (SWoWWII) · Commando Raft (SWoWWII) Helicopter Flettner (SWoWWII)

Battlefield 1943Edit

In Battlefield 1943, the Shōkaku-class acts as the starting spawn point for the IJN on Wake Island, Iwo Jima and Coral Sea. Unlike Battlefield 1942, it is completely stationary, harbors only 2 A6M Zeroes, is void of netting and is invulnerable. 4 LCVPs spawn at the rear of the ship, and there are 2 40mm Bofors positioned at the rear. On Coral Sea, 2 Shokakus are present and they do not harbor any Daihatsus.

v • d • e Vehicles of Battlefield 1943 Tanks M4A1 Sherman · Type 97 Chi-Ha Cars Type 95 Kurogane · Willys MB Planes A6M Zero · B-25 Mitchell · F4U Corsair · G4M Betty Naval vessels LCVP · Shokaku-class aircraft carrier · Yorktown-class aircraft carrier Emplacements 40mm Bofors · M1919 Browning · Air Raid Bunker

TriviaEdit

• In Battlefield 1943, the second Shōkaku-class carrier on Coral Sea is most likely the Zuikaku.
• In Battlefield 1943, the Shokaku-class carriers do not look like the Shōkaku-class from from Battlefield 1942, but instead resembles the Shoho-class aircraft carriers.