Midway 1942 : Ships : Fleet Aircraft Carriers : Shōkaku class

: Aircraft Carriers
USN Lexington class
USN Yorktown class
HIJMS Akagi, HIJMS Kaga
HIJMS Sōryū, HIJMS Hiryū
IJN Shōkaku class
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Battleships
IJN Kongō class
Cruisers
USN Pensacola class
USN Northampton class
USN Portland class
USN New Orleans class
USN Atlanta class
IJN Mogami class
IJN Tone class
IJN Nagara class
Destroyers
USN Farragut class
USN Porter class
USN Gridley/Benham class
USN Sims class
IJN Asashio class
IJN Kagerō class
IJN Yūgumo class
Submarines
USN Narwhal class
IJN Kaidai VI class
: Carrier Fighters
Brewster F2A Buffalo
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Mitsubishi Type 0 A6M
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Carrier Dive Bombers
Vought SB2U Vindicator
Douglas SBD Dauntless
Aichi Type 99 D3A
Comparison Table
Carrier Torpedo Bombers
Douglas TBD Devastator
Grumman TBF Avenger
Nakajima Type 97 B5N
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Patrol and Recon Planes
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Curtiss SOC Seagull
Aichi Type 0 E13A
Nakajima Type 95 E8N
Land-based Bombers
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Martin B-26 Marauder
Aircraft Armament
Navy Aerial Bombs
Aerial Torpedoes
Aircraft Ammunition

	Shōkaku class, 翔鶴型	AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, 航空母艦

Displacement:	32,105 t (25,675 t Std)		Machinery:	8 boilers, 4 shafts		Flight Deck:	802 ft 2 in 244.5 m	Armor:	8.8-5.9 in (215-150 mm) belt
Max Length:	844 ft 10 in	257.5 m	Max Power:	160,000 hp	120 000 kW	Fighters:	21× A6M2 Type 0	DP Guns:	8× 2× 5 in (127 mm)/40
Beam:	85 ft 4 in	26 m	Max Speed:	34.5 kts	63.89 km/h	Bombers:	30× D3A1 Type 99	AA Guns:	12× 3× 0.98 in (25 mm)
Draght:	29 ft 2 in	8.9 m	Range:	9,700 nm	17 964 km	Attack:	30× B5N2 Type 97

* Aircraft (including spares) as in the largest known Air Group ever carried (during the Pearl Harbor raid).
** Antiarcraft armament as during the Battle of Coral Sea (May 1942).

Ship		Builder	Laid Down				Launched				Commisioned				Fate
翔鶴	Shōkaku	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	12	Dec	1937		1	Jun	1939		8	Aug	1941		Sunk in action	19	Jun	1944
瑞鶴	Zuikaku	Kawasaki Kobe Yard	25	May	1938		27	Nov	1939		25	Sep	1941		Sunk in action	25	Oct	1944