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Shoho is torpedoed by U.S. Navy aircraft in the battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942.
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Commissioned: 30 November 1941
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Fate: Sunk 7 May 1942
Struck: 20 May 1942
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The Shoho (祥鳳) was a Japanese aircraft carrier.It was destroyed on 7 May 1942 by planes of the US Navy during the battle of the Coral Sea, the first such ship sunk by the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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