IJN Zuihō

Sunk

Type	Aircraft carrier
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 5″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Light carrier, begun as the submarine tender Takasaki and converted before she was finished. Two bombs from Enterprise scout planes holed her flight deck at the start of Santa Cruz.

The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō at Yokosuka, Japan, on 28 December 1940. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author; assumed official photographer as this a high-quality photo unlikely to be taken by an amateur and the IJN severely restricted professional photography of its ships after World War I., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns
4 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns

Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	20 June 1935
Launched	19 June 1936
Commissioned	27 December 1940
Displacement	11,443 t (11,262 long tons) (standard)
Length	205.5 m (674 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement	785

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 June 1936

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Damaged

25–27 October 1942

Flight deck holed

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by air attack during the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944