Zuikaku Photographs | World War II Database

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Zuikaku on the day of her commissioning, Japan, 25 Sep 1941	Carrier Zuikaku, fall of 1941	Japanese carriers Zuikaku (foreground) and Kaga (background) underway toward Hitokappu Bay, Iturup, Kurile Islands, Nov 1941; note Zuikaku's anti-aircraft armament	Japanese carriers Zuikaku (foreground), Kaga (center), and Akagi (background) underway toward Hitokappu Bay, Iturup, Kurile Islands, Nov 1941; note Zuikaku's anti-aircraft armament

Sailors of carrier Zuikaku winching up the anchor on the quarter-deck after leaving Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Hokkaido Prefecture Japan (now controlled by Russia as Itrup of Sakhalin Oblast) in the Kurile Islands, 26 Nov 1941; she was en route to attack Pearl Harbor	Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in background	Flight leader Masao Sato (second row, third from right) with his pilots aboard Zuikaku, 6 Dec 1941; note Tetsuzo Iwamoto second row, right-most	B5N2 torpedo bomber taking off from carrier Zuikaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 0720 hours on 7 Dec 1941

A sailor inspecting combat damage to anti-aircraft guns aboard either Shokaku, Zuikaku, 1942; the carrier in the background was either Shokaku or Zuikaku	Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deck	Zuikaku and two destroyers at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Jun 1944	Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa transferring his flag from damaged carrier Zuikaku to light cruiser Oyodo, at 1100 hours on 25 Oct 1944

Zuikaku and an Akizuki-class DD underway during Battle off Engano, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku and Zuiho under attack during Battle of Cape Engano, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku at 1400 hrs 25 Oct 1944, listing but underway	Zuikaku dead in the water, 25 Oct 1944; BB Ise at right of photo

Zuikaku settling as she sinks, 25 Oct 1944; profile of an Avenger is seen flying overhead	Zuikaku under attack and smoking, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku underway to Battle off Cape Engano, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku's crew jettisoning explosives, 25 Oct 1944