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Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku

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|Ship name = ''Shōkaku'' |Ship namesake = , "Soaring Crane" |Ship ordered = |Ship builder =Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |Ship laid down = 12 December 1937 |Ship launched = 1 June 1939 |Ship acquired = |Ship commissioned = 8 August 1941 |Ship struck = |Ship honors = |Ship fate =Torpedoed and sunk, 19 June 1944 |Ship notes = }}

|Ship displacement =* (standard) * (full load) |Ship length = |Ship beam = |Ship draft = |Ship power = *8 × water-tube boilers * |Ship propulsion =4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |Ship speed = |Ship range = at |Ship complement = 1,660 |Ship armament = * 8 × twin DP guns * 12 × triple AA guns |Ship aircraft =*72 (+12 spares) * 7 December 1941: * 18 × Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighters * 27 × Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers * 27 × Nakajima B5N1/2 "Kate" torpedo bombers |Ship notes = }} |}

was the lead ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before the Pacific War. Along with her sister ship , she took part in several key naval battles during the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before being torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine at the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Provided by Wikipedia